Implications of the differing roles of the β1 and β3 transmembrane and cytosplasmic domains for integrin function

  1. Zhenwei Lu
  2. Sijo Mathew
  3. Jiang Chen
  4. Arina Hadziselimovic
  5. Riya Palamuttam
  6. Billy G Hudson
  7. Reinhard Faessler
  8. Ambra Pozzi
  9. Charles R Sanders  Is a corresponding author
  10. Roy Zent  Is a corresponding author
  1. Vanderbilt University Medical Center, United States
  2. Vanderbilt Medical Center, United States
  3. Virginia Tech, United States
  4. Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Germany

Abstract

Integrins are transmembrane receptors composed of α and β subunits. Although most integrins contain β1, canonical activation mechanisms are based on studies of the platelet integrin, αIIbβ3. Its inactive conformation is characterized by association of the αIIb transmembrane and cytosolic domain (TM/CT) with a tilted β3 TM/CT that leads to activation when disrupted. We show significant structural differences between β1 and β3 TM/CT in bicelles. Moreover, the 'snorkeling' lysine at the TM/CT interface of β subunits, previously proposed to regulate αIIbβ3 activation by ion pairing with nearby lipids, plays opposite roles in β1 and β3 integrin function and in neither case is responsible for TM tilt. Affinities ranging from almost no interaction to the relatively high avidity that characterizes αIIbβ3 exist between various α subunits and β1 TM/CTs. The αIIbβ3-based canonical model for the roles of the TM/CT in integrin activation and function clearly does not extend to all mammalian integrins.

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  1. Zhenwei Lu

    Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, United States
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  2. Sijo Mathew

    Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, United States
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  3. Jiang Chen

    Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, United States
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  4. Arina Hadziselimovic

    Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, United States
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  5. Riya Palamuttam

    Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, United States
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    No competing interests declared.
  6. Billy G Hudson

    Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, United States
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    No competing interests declared.
  7. Reinhard Faessler

    Department of Molecular Medicine, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
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    Reinhard Faessler, Reviewing editor, eLife.
  8. Ambra Pozzi

    Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, United States
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    Ambra Pozzi, Reviewing editor, eLife.
  9. Charles R Sanders

    Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, United States
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    chuck.sanders@vanderbilt.edu
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    No competing interests declared.
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  10. Roy Zent

    Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, United States
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    roy.zent@vanderbilt.edu
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    No competing interests declared.
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Funding

Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System

  • Ambra Pozzi
  • Roy Zent

National Institutes of Health

  • Billy G Hudson
  • Ambra Pozzi
  • Charles R Sanders
  • Roy Zent

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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© 2016, Lu et al.

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  1. Zhenwei Lu
  2. Sijo Mathew
  3. Jiang Chen
  4. Arina Hadziselimovic
  5. Riya Palamuttam
  6. Billy G Hudson
  7. Reinhard Faessler
  8. Ambra Pozzi
  9. Charles R Sanders
  10. Roy Zent
(2016)
Implications of the differing roles of the β1 and β3 transmembrane and cytosplasmic domains for integrin function
eLife 5:e18633.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.18633

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