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Santoso, S.* ; Orlova, V.V.* ; Song, K.* ; Sachs, U.J.* ; Andrei-Selmer, C.L.* ; Chavakis, T.*

The homophilic binding of junctional adhesion molecule-C mediates tumor cell-endothelial cell interactions.

J. Biol. Chem. 280, 36326-36333 (2005)
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The junctional adhesion molecule C (JAM-C) was recently shown to undergo a heterophilic interaction with the leukocyte beta2 integrin Mac-1, thereby mediating interactions between vascular cells in inflammatory cell recruitment. Here, the homophilic interaction of JAM-C is presented and functionally characterized to mediate tumor cell-endothelial cell interactions. Recombinant soluble JAM-C in fluid phase bound to immobilized JAM-C as assessed in a purified system; moreover, JAM-C-transfected Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells adhered to immobilized JAM-C. The homophilic interaction of JAM-C was mediated by the isolated amino-terminal Ig domain (D1), but not the carboxyl-terminal Ig domain (D2), of the molecule. Dimerization of JAM-A is dependent on the sequence RVE in the amino-terminal Ig domain. This motif is conserved in JAM-C (Arg64-Ile65-Glu66), and a single amino acid mutation in this motif (E66R) abolished the homophilic interaction of JAM-C. The lung carcinoma cell line NCI-H522 was found to express JAM-C. NCI-H522 cells adhered to immobilized JAM-C, as well as to JAM-C-transfected CHO cells, but not to mock-transfected CHO cells or to CHO cells transfected with the JAM-C mutant (E66R). Adhesion of NCI-H522 cells to JAM-C protein or JAM-C-transfected CHO cells was abolished in the presence of soluble JAM-C or the isolated D1. Furthermore, the adhesion of NCI-H522 cells to endothelial cells was significantly blocked by soluble JAM-C or the isolated D1. Thus, JAM-C undergoes a homophilic interaction via the Arg64-Ile65-Glu66 motif on the membrane-distal Ig domain of the molecule. The homophilic interaction of JAM-C can mediate tumor cell-endothelial cell interactions and may thereby be involved in the process of tumor cell metastasis.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
Language english
Publication Year 2005
HGF-reported in Year 0
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0021-9258
e-ISSN 1083-351X
Quellenangaben Volume: 280, Issue: 43, Pages: 36326-36333 Article Number: , Supplement: ,
Publisher American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
Institute(s) Institute of Pancreatic Islet Research (IPI)
PubMed ID 16118203
Erfassungsdatum 2005-12-31