Analysis of tissue transglutaminase function in the migration of swiss 3T3 fibroblasts - the active-state conformation of the enzyme does not affect cell motility but is important for its secretion

Balklava, Z, Verderio, E ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9153-8997, Collighan, R, Gross, S, Adams, J and Griffin, M, 2002. Analysis of tissue transglutaminase function in the migration of swiss 3T3 fibroblasts - the active-state conformation of the enzyme does not affect cell motility but is important for its secretion. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 277 (19), pp. 16567-16575. ISSN 0021-9258

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Abstract

Increasing evidence suggests that tissue transglutaminase (tTGase; type II) is externalized from cells, where it may play a key role in cell attachment and spreading and in the stabilization of the extracellular matrix (ECM) through protein cross-linking. However, the relationship between these different functions and the enzyme’s mechanism of secretion is not fully understood. We have investigated the role of tTGase in cell migration using two stably transfected fibroblast cell lines in which expression of tTGase in its active and inactive (C277S mutant) states is inducible through the tetracycline-regulated system. Cells overexpressing both forms of tTGase showed increased cell attachment and decreased cell migration on fibronectin. Both forms of the enzyme could be detected on the cell surface, but only the clone overexpressing catalytically active tTGase deposited the enzyme into the ECM and cell growth medium. Cells overexpressing the inactive form of tTGase did not deposit the enzyme into the ECM or secrete it into the cell culture medium. Similar results were obtained when cells were transfected with tTGase mutated at Tyr274 (Y274A), the proposed site for the cis- ,trans peptide bond, suggesting that tTGase activity and/or its tertiary conformation dependent on this bond may be essential for its externalization mechanism. These results indicate that tTGase regulates cell motility as a novel cell-surface adhesion protein rather than as a matrix-cross-linking enzyme. They also provide further important insights into the mechanism of externalization of the enzyme into the extracellular matrix.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Journal of Biological Chemistry
Creators:	Balklava, Z., Verderio, E., Collighan, R., Gross, S., Adams, J. and Griffin, M.
Publisher:	American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Inc
Place of Publication:	Bethesda, Md.
Date:	2002
Volume:	277
Number:	19
ISSN:	0021-9258
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1074/jbc.M109836200 DOI
Rights:	© 2002 by The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc.
Divisions:	Schools > School of Science and Technology
Record created by:	EPrints Services
Date Added:	09 Oct 2015 10:43
Last Modified:	09 Jun 2017 13:37
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/17272

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