scholarly journals Biochemical evidence of the interactions of membrane type-1 matrix metalloproteinase (MT1-MMP) with adenine nucleotide translocator (ANT): potential implications linking proteolysis with energy metabolism in cancer cells

2009 ◽  
Vol 420 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilian A. Radichev ◽  
Albert G. Remacle ◽  
Nor Eddine Sounni ◽  
Sergey A. Shiryaev ◽  
Dmitri V. Rozanov ◽  
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Invasion-promoting MT1-MMP (membrane type-1 matrix metalloproteinase) is a key element in cell migration processes. To identify the proteins that interact and therefore co-precipitate with this proteinase from cancer cells, we used the proteolytically active WT (wild-type), the catalytically inert E240A and the C-end truncated (tailless; ΔCT) MT1-MMP–FLAG constructs as baits. The identity of the pulled-down proteins was determined by LC-MS/MS (liquid chromatography tandem MS) and then confirmed by Western blotting using specific antibodies. We determined that, in breast carcinoma MCF cells (MCF-7 cells), ANT (adenine nucleotide translocator) efficiently interacted with the WT, E240A and ΔCT constructs. The WT and E240A constructs also interacted with α-tubulin, an essential component of clathrin-mediated endocytosis. In turn, tubulin did not co-precipitate with the ΔCT construct because of the inefficient endocytosis of the latter, thus suggesting a high level of selectivity of our test system. To corroborate these results, we then successfully used the ANT2–FLAG construct as a bait to pull-down MT1-MMP, which was naturally produced by fibrosarcoma HT1080 cells. We determined that the presence of the functionally inert catalytic domain alone was sufficient to cause the proteinase to interact with ANT2, thus indicating that there is a non-proteolytic mode of these interactions. Overall, it is tempting to hypothesize that by interacting with pro-invasive MT1-MMP, ANT plays a yet to be identified role in a coupling mechanism between energy metabolism and pericellular proteolysis in migrating cancer cells.

1996 ◽  
Vol 271 (29) ◽  
pp. 17119-17123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Horst Will ◽  
Susan J. Atkinson ◽  
Georgina S. Butler ◽  
Bryan Smith ◽  
Gillian Murphy

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Tara Marcink

Membrane type 1 matrix metalloproteinase (MT1-MMP) is essential to a myriad of extracellular activities including tumor cell migration and angiogenesis. At the cell surface, MT1-MMP is a major factor in the proteolysis of receptors, growth factors, and collagen. MT1-MMP extracellular domains bind the cell surface which can be influential in bringing these complexes together. This study uses new techniques to uncover the interactions between MT1-MMP and the cell surface. Described here is the development of techniques in protein and lipid preparations, NMR data acquisition, and structure determination by molecular dynamics simulations. Through these methods, the HPX domain was shown to bind nanodiscs by opposing tips of blade II and blade IV. The protruding part of these tips contain an EPGYPK sequence that are seen dipping into the membrane surface making contact with the lipid head groups. Blade IV membrane binding allows collagen to bind unhindered. Both blade II and blade IV membrane binding structures are shown to be favorable for homodimerization without disruption of the collagen binding site. The catalytic domain is shown to at least transiently bind membranes. This study then hypothesizes and discusses how these interactions impact both future peripheral protein membrane interaction studies and uncover similarities between the MMP family.


1998 ◽  
Vol 333 (1) ◽  
pp. 159-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank H. BÜTTNER ◽  
Clare E. HUGHES ◽  
Daniel MARGERIE ◽  
Andrea LICHTE ◽  
Harald TSCHESCHE ◽  
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The recent detection of membrane type 1 matrix metalloproteinase (MT1-MMP) expression in human articular cartilage [Büttner, Chubinskaya, Margerie, Huch, Flechtenmacher, Cole, Kuettner, and Bartnik (1997) Arthritis Rheum. 40, 704–709] prompted our investigation of MT1-MMP's catabolic activity within the interglobular domain of aggrecan. For these studies we used rAgg1mut, a mutated form of the recombinant fusion protein (rAgg1) that has been used as a substrate to monitor ‘aggrecanase ’ catabolism in vitro [Hughes, Büttner, Eidenmüller, Caterson and Bartnik (1997) J. Biol. Chem. 272, 20269–20274]. The rAgg1 was mutated (G332 to A) to avoid the generation of a splice variant seen with the original genetic construct, which gave rise to heterogeneous glycoprotein products. This mutation yielded a homogeneous recombinant product. Studies in vitro with retinoic acid-stimulated rat chondrosarcoma cells indicated that the rAgg1mut substrate was cleaved at the ‘aggrecanase ’ site equivalent to Glu373-Ala374 (human aggrecan sequence enumeration) in its interglobular domain sequence segment. The differential catabolic activities of the recombinant catalytic domain (cd) of MT1-MMP and matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) 3 and 8 were then compared by using this rAgg1mut as a substrate. Coomassie staining of rAgg1mut catabolites separated by SDS/PAGE showed similar patterns of degradation with all three recombinant enzymes. However, comparative immunodetection analysis, with neoepitope antibodies BC-3 (anti-ARGS …) and BC-14 (anti-FFGV …) to distinguish between ‘aggrecanase ’ and MMP-generated catabolites, indicated that the catalytic domain of MT1-MMP exhibited strong ‘aggrecanase ’ activity, cdMMP-8 weak activity and cdMMP-3 no activity. In contrast, cdMMP-3 and cdMMP-8 led to strongly BC-14-reactive catabolic fragments, whereas cdMT1-MMP resulted in weak BC-14 reactivity. N-terminal sequence analyses of the catabolites confirmed these results and also identified other potential minor cleavage sites within the interglobular domain of aggrecan. These results indicate that MT1-MMP is yet another candidate for ‘aggrecanase ’ activity in vivo.


Author(s):  
Hideaki Ogata ◽  
Elena Decaneto ◽  
Moran Grossman ◽  
Martina Havenith ◽  
Irit Sagi ◽  
...  

Membrane type 1 matrix metalloproteinase (MT1-MMP) belongs to the large family of zinc-dependent endopeptidases termed MMPs that are located in the extracellular matrix. MT1-MMP was crystallized at 277 K using the vapour-diffusion method with PEG as a precipitating agent. Data sets for MT1-MMP were collected to 2.24 Å resolution at 100 K. The crystals belonged to space groupP43212, with unit-cell parametersa= 62.99,c= 122.60 Å. The crystal contained one molecule per asymmetric unit, with a Matthews coefficient (VM) of 2.90 Å3 Da−1; the solvent content is estimated to be 57.6%.


2017 ◽  
Vol 59 ◽  
pp. 23-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgina S. Butler ◽  
Andrea R. Connor ◽  
Nor Eddine Sounni ◽  
Ulrich Eckhard ◽  
Charlotte J. Morrison ◽  
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