A proteomics-based survey reveals thrombospondin-4 as a ligand regulated by the mannose receptor in the injured lung

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Receptor-mediated cellular uptake of specific ligands constitutes an important step in the dynamic regulation of individual protein levels in extracellular fluids. With a focus on the inflammatory lung, we here performed a proteomics-based search for novel ligands regulated by the mannose receptor (MR), a macrophage-expressed endocytic receptor. Wildtype and MR-deficient mice were exposed to lipopolysachharide (LPS), after which the protein content in their lung epithelial lining fluid (ELF) was compared by tandem mass tag-based mass spectrometry. More than 1200 proteins were identified in the ELF using this unbiased approach, but only six showed a statistically different abundance. Among these, an unexpected potential new ligand, thrombospondin-4 (TSP-4), displayed a striking 17-fold increased abundance in the MR-deficient mice. Experiments using exogenous addition of TSP-4 to MR-transfected CHO cells or MR-positive alveolar macrophages confirmed that TSP-4 is a ligand for MR-dependent endocytosis. Similar studies revealed that the molecular interaction with TSP-4 depends on both the lectin activity and the fibronectin type-II domain of MR and that a closely related member of the thrombospondin family, TSP-5, is also efficiently internalized by the receptor. This was unlike the other members of this protein family, including TSPs -1 and -2, which are ligands for a close MR homologue known as uPARAP. Our study shows that MR takes part in the regulation of TSP-4, an important inflammatory component in the injured lung, and that two closely related endocytic receptors, expressed on different cell types, undertake the selective endocytosis of distinct members of the thrombospondin family.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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The Journal of biological chemistry - (2024) vom: 11. Apr., Seite 107284

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nørregaard, Kirstine S [VerfasserIn]
Jürgensen, Henrik J [VerfasserIn]
Heltberg, Signe S [VerfasserIn]
Gårdsvoll, Henrik [VerfasserIn]
Bugge, Thomas H [VerfasserIn]
Schoof, Erwin M [VerfasserIn]
Engelholm, Lars H [VerfasserIn]
Behrendt, Niels [VerfasserIn]

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Endocytosis
Journal Article
Macrophage
Mass spectrometry (MS)
Protein turnover
Proteomics
Urokinase plasminogen activator-associated protein (uPARAP/Endo180)

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Date Revised 13.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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10.1016/j.jbc.2024.107284

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NLM371035163