scholarly journals Adaptation of the group AStreptococcusadhesin Scl1 to bind fibronectin type III repeats within wound‐associated extracellular matrix: implications for cancer therapy

2019 ◽  
Vol 112 (3) ◽  
pp. 800-819 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dudley H. McNitt ◽  
Soo Jeon Choi ◽  
Jessica L. Allen ◽  
River A. Hames ◽  
Scott A. Weed ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Extracellular Matrix ◽  
Cancer Therapy ◽  
Type Iii ◽  
Fibronectin Type Iii ◽  
Fibronectin Type

scholarly journals Characterization of multiple adhesive and counteradhesive domains in the extracellular matrix protein cytotactin.

1992 ◽  
Vol 119 (3) ◽  
pp. 663-678 ◽  
Author(s):  
A L Prieto ◽  
C Andersson-Fisone ◽  
K L Crossin
Keyword(s):  
Extracellular Matrix ◽  
Cell Attachment ◽  
Cell Types ◽  
Expression Vectors ◽  
Extracellular Matrix Protein ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Type Iii ◽  
Fibronectin Type Iii ◽  
Fibronectin Type ◽  
Better Than

The extracellular matrix molecule cytotactin is a multidomain protein that plays a role in cell migration, proliferation, and differentiation during development. To analyze the structure-function relationships of the different domains of this glycoprotein, we have prepared a series of fusion constructs in bacterial expression vectors. Results obtained using a number of adhesion assays suggest that at least four independent cell binding regions are distributed among the various cytotactin domains. Two of these are adhesive; two others appear to be counteradhesive in that they inhibit cell attachment to otherwise favorable substrates. The adhesive regions were mapped to the fibronectin type III repeats II-VI and the fibrinogen domain. The morphology of the cells plated onto these adhesive fragments differed; the cells spread on the fibronectin type III repeats as they do on fibronectin, but remained round on the fibrinogen domain. The counteradhesive properties of the molecule were mapped to the EGF-like repeats and the last two fibronectin type III repeats, VII-VIII. The latter region also contained a cell attachment activity that was observed only after proteolysis of the cells. Several cell types were used in these analyses, including fibroblasts, neurons, and glia, all of which are known to bind to cytotactin. The different domains exert their effects in a concentration-dependent manner and can be inhibited by an excess of the soluble molecule, consistent with the hypothesis that the observed properties are mediated by specific receptors. Moreover, it appears that some of these receptors are restricted to particular cell types. For example, glial cells bound better than neurons to the fibrinogen domain and fibroblasts bound better than glia and neurons to the EGF fragment. These results provide a basis for understanding the multiple activities of cytotactin and a framework for isolating different receptors that mediate the various cellular responses to this molecule.

The glia-derived extracellular matrix glycoprotein tenascin-C promotes embryonic and postnatal retina axon outgrowth via the alternatively spliced fibronectin type III domain TNfnD

2008 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 271-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonia Siddiqui ◽  
Andrea Horvat-Bröcker ◽  
Andreas Faissner
Keyword(s):  
Extracellular Matrix ◽  
Neurite Outgrowth ◽  
Ganglion Cells ◽  
Axon Growth ◽  
Fc Fragment ◽  
Tenascin C ◽  
Type Iii ◽  
Fibronectin Type Iii ◽  
Fibronectin Type Iii Domain ◽  
Fibronectin Type

Tenascin-C (Tnc) is an astrocytic multifunctional extracellular matrix (ECM) glycoprotein that potentially promotes or inhibits neurite outgrowth. To investigate its possible functions for retinal development, explants from embryonic day 18 (E18) rat retinas were cultivated on culture substrates composed of poly-d-lysine (PDL), or PDL additionally coated with Tnc or laminin (LN)-1, which significantly increased fiber length. When combined with LN, Tnc induced axon fasciculation that reduced the apparent number of outgrowing fibers. In order to circumscribe the stimulatory region, Tnc-derived fibronectin type III (TNfn) domains fused to the human Ig-Fc-fragment TNfnD6-Fc, TNfnBD-Fc, TNFnA1A2-Fc and TNfnA1D-Fc were studied. The fusion proteins TNfnBD-Fc and to a lesser degree TNfnA1D-Fc were stimulatory when compared with the Ig-Fc-fragment protein without insert. In contrast, the combination TNfnA1A2-Fc reduced fiber outgrowth beneath the values obtained for the Ig-Fc domain, indicating potential inhibitory properties. The monoclonal J1/tn2 antibody (clone 578) that is specific for domain TNfnD blocked the stimulatory properties of the TNfn-Fc fusions. When postnatal day 7 retinal ganglion cells were used rather that explants, Tnc and Tnc-derived proteins proved permissive for neurite outgrowth. The present study highlights a strong retinal axon growth-promoting activity of the Tnc domain TNfnD, which is modulated by neighboring domains.

scholarly journals The complete primary structure of type XII collagen shows a chimeric molecule with reiterated fibronectin type III motifs, von Willebrand factor A motifs, a domain homologous to a noncollagenous region of type IX collagen, and short collagenous domains with an Arg-Gly-Asp site.

1991 ◽  
Vol 115 (1) ◽  
pp. 209-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Yamagata ◽  
K M Yamada ◽  
S S Yamada ◽  
T Shinomura ◽  
H Tanaka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Extracellular Matrix ◽  
Von Willebrand Factor ◽  
Primary Structure ◽  
Extracellular Proteins ◽  
Type Iii ◽  
Fibronectin Type Iii ◽  
Von Willebrand ◽  
Willebrand Factor ◽  
Fibronectin Type ◽  
Complete Primary Structure

Extracellular matrix molecules are generally categorized as collagens, elastin, proteoglycans, or other noncollagenous structural/cell interaction proteins. Many of these extracellular proteins contain distinctive repetitive modules, which can sometimes be found in other proteins. We describe the complete primary structure of an alpha 1 chain of type XII collagen from chick embryonic fibroblasts. This large, structurally chimeric molecule identified by cDNA analysis combines previously unrelated molecular domains into a single large protein 3,124 residues long (approximately 340 kD). The deduced chicken type XII collagen sequence starts at the amino terminus with one unit of the type III motif of fibronectin, which is followed by one unit homologous to the von Willebrand factor A domain, then one more fibronectin type III module, a second A domain from von Willebrand factor, 6 units of type III motif and a third A domain, 10 consecutive units of type III motif and a fourth A domain, a domain homologous to the NC4 domain peptide of type IX collagen, and finally two short collagenous regions previously described as part of the partially sequenced collagen type XII molecule; an Arg-Gly-Asp potential cell adhesive recognition sequence is present in a hydrophilic region at the terminus of one collagenous domain. Antibodies raised to type XII collagen synthesized in a bacterial expression system recognized not only previously reported bands (220 kD et cetera) in tendons, but also bands with apparently different molecular sizes in fibroblasts and 4-d embryos. The antibodies stained a wide variety of extracellular matrices in embryos in patterns distinct from those of fibronectin or interstitial collagens. They prominently stained extracellular matrix associated with certain neuronal tissues, such as axons from dorsal root ganglia and neural tube. These studies identify a novel chimeric type of molecule that contains both adhesion molecule and collagen motifs in one protein. Its structure blurs current classification schemes for extracellular proteins and underscores the potentially large diversity possible in these molecules.

scholarly journals A targeted adenovirus vector displaying a human fibronectin type III domain-based monobody in a fiber protein

Biomaterials ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 34 (16) ◽  
pp. 4191-4201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hayato Matsui ◽  
Fuminori Sakurai ◽  
Kazufumi Katayama ◽  
Yasuhiro Abe ◽  
Mitsuhiro Machitani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Adenovirus Vector ◽  
Type Iii ◽  
Fiber Protein ◽  
Fibronectin Type Iii ◽  
Human Fibronectin ◽  
Fibronectin Type Iii Domain ◽  
Fibronectin Type

scholarly journals Tuning the Mechanical Stability of Fibronectin Type III Modules through Sequence Variations

Structure ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Craig ◽  
Mu Gao ◽  
Klaus Schulten ◽  
Viola Vogel
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Stability ◽  
Type Iii ◽  
Sequence Variations ◽  
Fibronectin Type Iii ◽  
Fibronectin Type

scholarly journals Structural Studies of an Immunoglobulin-Fibronectin Type III Domain Tandem from Titin

2011 ◽  
Vol 100 (3) ◽  
pp. 604a
Author(s):  
Andras Czajlik ◽  
Gary Thompson ◽  
Ghulam N. Khan ◽  
Arnout Kalverde ◽  
Steve W. Homans ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Structural Studies ◽  
Type Iii ◽  
Fibronectin Type Iii ◽  
Fibronectin Type Iii Domain ◽  
Fibronectin Type

Novel tenascin variants with a distinctive pattern of expression in the avian embryo

Development ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 120 (3) ◽  
pp. 637-647
Author(s):  
R.P. Tucker ◽  
J. Spring ◽  
S. Baumgartner ◽  
D. Martin ◽  
C. Hagios ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genomic Library ◽  
Chicken Embryo Fibroblast ◽  
Cdna Probe ◽  
Avian Embryo ◽  
Degenerate Primers ◽  
Type Iii ◽  
Embryonic Tissues ◽  
Fibronectin Type Iii ◽  
Fibronectin Type

Previous studies have shown that several forms of the glycoprotein tenascin are present in the embryonic extracellular matrix. These forms are the result of alternative splicing, which generates tenascin variants with different numbers of fibronectin type III repeats. We have used degenerate primers and PCR to isolate a novel tenascin exon from an avian genomic library. Genomic clones contained a sequence encoding a fibronectin type III repeat that corresponds to repeat ‘C’ from the variable domain of human tenascin. To demonstrate that tenascin containing repeat ‘C’ is actually synthesized by avian cells, a monospecific antiserum was raised against a repeat ‘C’ fusion protein. This antiserum recognized a novel high-molecular-weight variant on immunoblots of tenascin isolated from chicken embryo fibroblast-conditioned medium, and stained tendons on frozen sections of chicken embryos. A cDNA probe specific for mRNA encoding repeat ‘C’ was used for in situ hybridization. This probe hybridized in a subset of the embryonic tissues labelled with a universal tenascin probe, including tendons, ligaments and mesenchyme at sites of epithelial-mesenchymal interactions. Finally, we provide evidence that additional fibronectin type III repeats, one corresponding to a recently discovered human repeat as well as one entirely novel sequence, also exists in chicken tenascin mRNA. These data indicate that tenascin is present in the embryonic matrix in a multitude of forms and that these forms have distinctive distributions that may reflect more than one function for tenascin in development.

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