C-terminal truncation impairs glycosylation of transmembrane collagen XVII and leads to intracellular accumulation

Franzke, Claus Werner and Has, Cristina and Schulte, Carsten and Huilaja, Laura and Tasanen, Kaisa and Aumailley, Monique and Bruckner-Tuderman, Leena (2006) C-terminal truncation impairs glycosylation of transmembrane collagen XVII and leads to intracellular accumulation. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 281 (40). pp. 30260-30268. ISSN 1083-351X (https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M604464200)

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Abstract

Collagen XVII, a type II transmembrane protein in hemidesmosomes, is involved in the anchorage of stratified epithelia to the underlying mesenchyme. Its functions are regulated by ectodomain shedding, and its genetic defects lead to epidermal detachment in junctional epidermolysis bullosa (JEB), a heritable skin fragility syndrome, but the molecular disease mechanisms remain elusive. Here we used a spontaneously occurring homozygous COL17A1 deletion mutant in JEB to discern glycosylation of collagen XVII. The mutation truncated the distal ectodomain and positioned the only N-glycosylation site 34 amino acids from the newly formed C terminus, which impaired efficient N-glycosylation. Immunofluorescence staining of authentic JEB keratinocytes and of COS-7 cells transfected with the mutant indicated intracellular accumulation of collagen XVII precursor molecules. Cell surface biotinylation and quantification of ectodomain shedding demonstrated that only about 15% of the truncated collagen XVII reached the cell surface. The cell surface-associated molecules were N-glycosylated in a normal manner, in contrast to the molecules retained within the cells, indicating that N-glycosylation of the ectodomain is required for targeting of collagen XVII to the plasma membrane and that reduced accessibility of the N-glycosylation site negatively regulates this process. Functional consequences of the strong reduction of collagen XVII on the cell surface included scattered deposition of cell adhesion molecule laminin 5 into the extracellular environment and, as a consequence of faulty collagen XVII-laminin ligand interactions, aberrant motility of the mutant cells.

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Franzke, Claus Werner, Has, Cristina, Schulte, Carsten ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7554-5342, Huilaja, Laura, Tasanen, Kaisa, Aumailley, Monique and Bruckner-Tuderman, Leena;
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