scholarly journals QSulf1 remodels the 6-O sulfation states of cell surface heparan sulfate proteoglycans to promote Wnt signaling

2003 ◽  
Vol 162 (2) ◽  
pp. 341-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xingbin Ai ◽  
Anh-Tri Do ◽  
Olga Lozynska ◽  
Marion Kusche-Gullberg ◽  
Ulf Lindahl ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Surface ◽  
Heparan Sulfate ◽  
Wnt Signaling ◽  
Present Model ◽  
Receptor Activation ◽  
Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans ◽  
Biochemical Studies ◽  
Frizzled Receptors ◽  
Wnt Signal ◽  
Function Cell

The 6-O sulfation states of cell surface heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPGs) are dynamically regulated to control the growth and specification of embryonic progenitor lineages. However, mechanisms for regulation of HSPG sulfation have been unknown. Here, we report on the biochemical and Wnt signaling activities of QSulf1, a novel cell surface sulfatase. Biochemical studies establish that QSulf1 is a heparan sulfate (HS) 6-O endosulfatase with preference, in particular, toward trisulfated IdoA2S-GlcNS6S disaccharide units within HS chains. In cells, QSulf1 can function cell autonomously to remodel the sulfation of cell surface HS and promote Wnt signaling when localized either on the cell surface or in the Golgi apparatus. QSulf1 6-O desulfation reduces XWnt binding to heparin and HS chains of Glypican1, whereas heparin binds with high affinity to XWnt8 and inhibits Wnt signaling. CHO cells mutant for HS biosynthesis are defective in Wnt-dependent Frizzled receptor activation, establishing that HS is required for Frizzled receptor function. Together, these findings suggest a two-state “catch or present” model for QSulf1 regulation of Wnt signaling in which QSulf1 removes 6-O sulfates from HS chains to promote the formation of low affinity HS–Wnt complexes that can functionally interact with Frizzled receptors to initiate Wnt signal transduction.

scholarly journals Distinct glycosaminoglycan chain length and sulfation patterns required for cellular uptake of Tau, Aβ, and α-Synuclein

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara E. Stopschinski ◽  
Brandon B. Holmes ◽  
Gregory M. Miller ◽  
Jaime Vaquer-Alicea ◽  
Linda C. Hsieh-Wilson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Surface ◽  
Neurodegenerative Diseases ◽  
Heparan Sulfate ◽  
Chain Length ◽  
Cellular Uptake ◽  
Genetic Manipulation ◽  
Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans ◽  
Cell Uptake ◽  
Major Genes

AbstractTranscellular propagation of aggregate “seeds” has been proposed to mediate progression of neurodegenerative diseases in tauopathies and α-synucleinopathies. We have previously determined that tau and α-synuclein aggregates bind heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPGs) on the cell surface. This mediates uptake and intracellular seeding. The specificity and mode of binding to HSPGs has been unknown. We used modified heparins to determine the size and sulfation requirements of glycosaminoglycan (GAGs) binding to aggregates in biochemical and cell uptake and seeding assays. Aggregates of tau require a precise GAG architecture with defined sulfate moieties in the N- and 6-O-positions, whereas α-synuclein and Aβ rely slightly more on overall charge on the GAGs. To determine the genetic requirements for aggregate uptake, we individually knocked out the major genes of the HSPG synthesis pathway using CRISPR/Cas9 in HEK293T cells. Knockout of EXT1, EXT2 and EXTL3, N-sulfotransferase (NDST1), and 6-O-sulfotransferase (HS6ST2) significantly reduced tau uptake. α-Synuclein was not sensitive to HS6ST2 knockout. Good correlation between pharmacologic and genetic manipulation of GAG binding by tau and α-synuclein indicates specificity that may help elucidate a path to mechanism-based inhibition of transcellular propagation of pathology.

scholarly journals Heparan sulfate proteoglycans are critical for the organization of the extracellular distribution of Wingless

Development ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 128 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.H. Baeg ◽  
X. Lin ◽  
N. Khare ◽  
S. Baumgartner ◽  
N. Perrimon
Keyword(s):  
Heparan Sulfate ◽  
Wnt Signaling ◽  
Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans ◽  
Gene Activity ◽  
Dramatic Decrease

Recent studies in Drosophila have shown that heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPGs) are required for Wingless (Wg/Wnt) signaling. In addition, genetic and phenotypic analyses have implicated the glypican gene dally in this process. Here, we report the identification of another Drosophila glypican gene, dally-like (dly) and show that it is also involved in Wg signaling. Inhibition of dly gene activity implicates a function for DLY in Wg reception and we show that overexpression of DLY leads to an accumulation of extracellular Wg. We propose that DLY plays a role in the extracellular distribution of Wg. Consistent with this model, a dramatic decrease of extracellular Wg was detected in clones of cells that are deficient in proper glycosaminoglycan biosynthesis. We conclude that HSPGs play an important role in organizing the extracellular distribution of Wg.

scholarly journals Perlecan regulates bidirectional Wnt signaling at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction

2013 ◽  
Vol 200 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keisuke Kamimura ◽  
Kohei Ueno ◽  
Jun Nakagawa ◽  
Rie Hamada ◽  
Minoru Saitoe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drosophila Melanogaster ◽  
Neuromuscular Junction ◽  
Heparan Sulfate ◽  
Wnt Signaling ◽  
Nuclear Import ◽  
Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans ◽  
Down Regulation ◽  
Bidirectional Signaling ◽  
Synaptic Boutons ◽  
Signaling Activity

Heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPGs) play pivotal roles in the regulation of Wnt signaling activity in several tissues. At the Drosophila melanogaster neuromuscular junction (NMJ), Wnt/Wingless (Wg) regulates the formation of both pre- and postsynaptic structures; however, the mechanism balancing such bidirectional signaling remains elusive. In this paper, we demonstrate that mutations in the gene of a secreted HSPG, perlecan/trol, resulted in diverse postsynaptic defects and overproduction of synaptic boutons at NMJ. The postsynaptic defects, such as reduction in subsynaptic reticulum (SSR), were rescued by the postsynaptic activation of the Frizzled nuclear import Wg pathway. In contrast, overproduction of synaptic boutons was suppressed by the presynaptic down-regulation of the canonical Wg pathway. We also show that Trol was localized in the SSR and promoted postsynaptic accumulation of extracellular Wg proteins. These results suggest that Trol bidirectionally regulates both pre- and postsynaptic activities of Wg by precisely distributing Wg at the NMJ.

scholarly journals Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans May Promote or Inhibit Cancer Progression by Interacting with Integrins and Affecting Cell Migration

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariana A. Soares ◽  
Felipe C. O. B. Teixeira ◽  
Miguel Fontes ◽  
Ana Lúcia Arêas ◽  
Marcelo G. Leal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Adhesion ◽  
Cell Surface ◽  
Heparan Sulfate ◽  
Cancer Progression ◽  
Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans ◽  
Transmembrane Receptors ◽  
Surface Molecules ◽  
Cell Matrix ◽  
Cell Organization ◽  
The Relationship

The metastatic disease is one of the main consequences of tumor progression, being responsible for most cancer-related deaths worldwide. This review intends to present and discuss data on the relationship between integrins and heparan sulfate proteoglycans in health and cancer progression. Integrins are a family of cell surface transmembrane receptors, responsible for cell-matrix and cell-cell adhesion. Integrins’ main functions include cell adhesion, migration, and survival. Heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPGs) are cell surface molecules that play important roles as cell receptors, cofactors, and overall direct or indirect contributors to cell organization. Both molecules can act in conjunction to modulate cell behavior and affect malignancy. In this review, we will discuss the different contexts in which various integrins, such asα5,αV,β1, andβ3, interact with HSPGs species, such as syndecans and perlecans, affecting tissue homeostasis.

BETA2/NeuroD Protein Transduction Requires Cell Surface Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans

2006 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
pp. 061206073830001
Author(s):  
Hirofumi Noguchi ◽  
Michiko Ueda ◽  
Shinichi Matsumoto ◽  
Naoya Kobayashi ◽  
Shuji Hayashi
Keyword(s):  
Cell Surface ◽  
Heparan Sulfate ◽  
Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans ◽  
Protein Transduction

scholarly journals Interaction of an Outer Membrane Protein of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli with Cell Surface Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans

2002 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 1530-1537 ◽  
Author(s):  
James M. Fleckenstein ◽  
James T. Holland ◽  
David L. Hasty
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Epithelial Cell ◽  
Epithelial Cells ◽  
Cell Surface ◽  
Heparan Sulfate ◽  
Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans ◽  
Eukaryotic Cells ◽  
Heparin Binding ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
E Coli

ABSTRACT We have previously shown that enterotoxigenic invasion protein A (Tia), a 25-kDa outer membrane protein encoded on an apparent pathogenicity island of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) strain H10407, mediates attachment to and invasion into cultured human gastrointestinal epithelial cells. The epithelial cell receptor(s) for Tia has not been identified. Here we show that Tia interacts with cell surface heparan sulfate proteoglycans. Recombinant E. coli expressing Tia mediated invasion into wild-type epithelial cell lines but not invasion into proteoglycan-deficient cells. Furthermore, wild-type eukaryotic cells, but not proteoglycan-deficient eukaryotic cells, attached to immobilized polyhistidine-tagged recombinant Tia (rTia). Binding of epithelial cells to immobilized rTia was inhibited by exogenous heparan sulfate glycosaminoglycans but not by hyaluronic acid, dermatan sulfate, or chondroitin sulfate. Similarly, pretreatment of eukaryotic cells with heparinase I, but not pretreatment of eukaryotic cells with chrondroitinase ABC, inhibited attachment to rTia. In addition, we also observed heparin binding to both immobilized rTia and recombinant E. coli expressing Tia. Heparin binding was inhibited by a synthetic peptide representing a surface loop of Tia, as well as by antibodies directed against this peptide. Additional studies indicated that Tia, as a prokaryotic heparin binding protein, may also interact via sulfated proteoglycan molecular bridges with a number of mammalian heparan sulfate binding proteins. These findings suggest that the binding of Tia to host epithelial cells is mediated at least in part through heparan sulfate proteoglycans and that ETEC belongs on the growing list of pathogens that utilize these ubiquitous cell surface molecules as receptors.

scholarly journals Cell Surface Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans Mediate the Internalization of PDX-1 Protein

2008 ◽  
Vol 17 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 91-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michiko Ueda ◽  
Shinichi Matsumoto ◽  
Shuji Hayashi ◽  
Naoya Kobayashi ◽  
Hirofumi Noguchi
Keyword(s):  
Cell Surface ◽  
Heparan Sulfate ◽  
Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans

scholarly journals Dual interaction of the malaria circumsporozoite protein with the low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein (LRP) and heparan sulfate proteoglycans.

1996 ◽  
Vol 184 (5) ◽  
pp. 1699-1711 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Shakibaei ◽  
U Frevert
Keyword(s):  
Cell Surface ◽  
Heparan Sulfate ◽  
Low Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans ◽  
Low Density ◽  
Lipoprotein Receptor ◽  
Related Protein ◽  
Density Lipoprotein Receptor ◽  
Lipoprotein Receptor Related Protein

Speed and selectivity of hepatocyte invasion by malaria sporozoites have suggested a receptor-mediated mechanism and the specific interaction of the circumsporozoite (CS) protein with liver-specific heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPGs) has been implicated in the targeting to the liver. Here we show that the CS protein interacts not only with cell surface heparan sulfate, but also with the low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein (LRP). Binding of 125I-CS protein to purified LRP occurs with a Kd of 4.9 nM and can be inhibited by the receptor-associated protein (RAP). Blockage of LRP by RAP or anti-LRP antibodies on heparan sulfate-deficient CHO cells results in more than 90% inhibition of binding and endocytosis of recombinant CS protein. Conversely, blockage or enzymatic removal of the cell surface heparan sulfate from LRP-deficient embryonic mouse fibroblasts yields the same degree of inhibition. Heparinase-pretreatment of LRP-deficient fibroblasts or blockage of LRP on heparan sulfate-deficient CHO cells by RAP, lactoferrin, or anti-LRP antibodies reduces Plasmodium berghei invasion by 60-70%. Parasite development in heparinase-pretreated HepG2 cells is inhibited by 65% when RAP is present during sporozoite invasion. These findings suggest that malaria sporozoites utilize the interaction of the CS protein with HSPGs and LRP as the major mechanism for host cell invasion.

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