N-glycosylation in the protease domain of trypsin-like serine proteases mediates calnexin-assisted protein folding

  1. Hao Wang  Is a corresponding author
  2. Shuo Li  Is a corresponding author
  3. Juejin Wang
  4. Shenghan Chen
  5. Xue-Long Sun  Is a corresponding author
  6. Qingyu Wu  Is a corresponding author
  1. Cleveland Clinic, United States
  2. Cleveland State University, United States
  3. State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Prevention, Soochow University of Science and Technology, China
9 figures, 1 table and 4 additional files

Figures

Figure 1 with 2 supplements
N-glycosylation at N1022 in single-chain and soluble corin.

(A) Illustration of human corin WT and mutants with or without R801 activation site and N1022 N-glycosylation site. TM: transmembrane; Fz: frizzled; LDLR: LDL receptor; SR: scavenger receptor. An …

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Figure 1—figure supplement 1
The phylogenetic tree of corin proteins in different species.

The phylogenetic relationships of corin in different species were evaluated using the COBALT server at the National Center for Biotechnology Information based on the full-length corin amino acid …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.35672.003
Figure 1—figure supplement 2
Alignments of the protease domain of trypsin-like serine proteases.

The amino acid sequences were aligned using the COBALT server. The N-glycosylation sites (red) are indicated. Corin has one N-glycosylation site that is also present in testisin; enteropeptidase …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.35672.004
Analysis of intracellular corin by CHX-based protein chase and Endo H digestion.

(A) Western blotting of corin in HEK293 cells treated without (0) or with CHX over time (h). (B) Percentages of corin WT and the mutant N1022Q levels, with corresponding levels at 0 hr being 100%, …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.35672.005
Intracellular distribution of corin WT and the N1022Q mutant.

(A) Co-staining of corin and PDI in HEK293 cells expressing WT corin and the N1022Q mutant without (0) or with CHX treatment for 4 hr. (B) Correlation of red (corin) and green (PDI) colors within …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.35672.006
Interactions between corin and ER chaperones.

(A) Corin proteins in HEK293 cells expressing WT corin and the N1022Q mutant were immunoprecipitated (IP) with an anti-V5 antibody that recognizes the C-terminal V5 tag in corin. Chaperones that …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.35672.007
Analysis of calnexin interaction.

(A) A model of calnexin-assisted glycoprotein folding. Cal: calnexin; blue dots: glucose residues. DNJ inhibits glucosidases I and II. (B) Co-immunoprecipitation (IP) and western blotting (IB) of …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.35672.008
Analysis of N-glycosylation in the protease domain of corin-EK chimeras.

(A) In CorinEK4N, the corin protease domain (Corin-P) was replaced by the EK protease domain (EK-P). The ADAM10-mediated shedding site is indicated by an arrowhead. In CorinEK4Q, all four …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.35672.009
Analysis of N-glycosylation sites in the protease domain of EK and prothrombin.

(A) Illustration of EK WT and the mutant lacking the indicated N-glycosylation sites (EK-4Q). EK domains include transmembrane (TM), SEA, LDLR, CUB, MAM, scavenger receptor (SR) and protease …

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Interactions of EK and prothrombin with chaperones.

Co-immunoprecipitation (IP) and Western blotting (IB) of EK-WT and EK-4Q (A) or PT-WT and PT-N416Q (B) binding to calnexin, BiP and calreticulin (top three panels). EK (A) and PT (B) proteins in V5 …

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Effects of DNJ treatment and calnexin knockdown.

HL-1 (A) and HepG2 (B) cells were cultured without (-) or with (+) DNJ. Recombinant human corin expression in transfected HEK293 cells were included as a control (A, left). Corin cell surface …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.35672.012

Tables

Key resources table
Reagent type (species)
or resource
DesignationSource or referenceIdentifiersAdditional information
Gene (Homo sapiens)CorinNCBINM_006587.3
Gene (H. sapiens)Prothrombin, PTNCBINM_002772.2
Gene (H. sapiens)Enteropeptidase, EKNCBINM_000506.4
Genetic reagent
(H. sapiens)
Calnexin (siRNA kit)OrigeneSR300576
Genetic reagent
(Mus musculus)
Calnexin (siRNA kit)OrigeneSR417891
Cell line
(H. sapiens)
HEK293ATCCCRL-1573STR profiling, no mycoplasma
contamination
Cell line
(M. musculus)
HL-1PMID: 21518754,
EMD Millipore: SCC065
From Dr. William ClaycombNo mycoplasma contamination
Cell line
(H. sapiens)
HepG2ATCCHB-8065STR profiling, no mycoplasma
contamination
Transfected construct
(H. sapiens)
Corin plasmidPMID: 14559895
Transfected construct
(H. sapiens)
sCorin plasmidThis paper
Transfected construct
(H. sapiens)
CorinEK plasmidThis paper
Transfected construct
(H. sapiens)
EK plasmidThis paper
Transfected construct
(H. sapiens)
PT plasmidThis paper
AntibodyAnti-V5Thermo FisherR96025
AntibodyAnti-V5-HRPThermo FisherR96125
AntibodyAnti-GAPDHEMD MilliporeMAB374
AntibodyAnti-PDIAbcamab3672Immunostaining
AntibodyAnti-TGN46Abcamab50595
AntibodyAnti-Igg (mouse)-Alexa-594Thermo FisherA-21203
AntibodyAnti-Igg (rabbit)-Alexa-488Thermo FisherA-11008
AntibodyAnti-calnexin (human)Cell Signaling2679T
AntibodyAnti-BiPCell Signaling3177T
AntibodyAnti-calreticulinCell Signaling12238S
AntibodyAnti-HSP70Cell Signaling4872T
AntibodyAnti-HSP90Cell Signaling4877T
AntibodyAnti-PDICell Signaling3501TWestern blotting
AntibodyAnti-Igg (mouse)-HRPKPL474–1806
AntibodyAnti-Igg (rabbit)-HRPKPL474–1516
AntibodyAnti-calnexin (mouse)Abcamab75125
AntibodyAnti-corin (mouse)HomemadePMID: 26259032
Recombinant DNA
reagent
pSecTag/FRT/V5-His
Expression kit (vector)
Thermo FisherK602501
Recombinant DNA
reagent
pcDNA 3.1/V5-His
Expression kit (vector)
Thermo FisherK480001
Commercial assay
or kit
ELISA kit (prothrombin)Abcamab108909
Chemical compound,
drug
1-deoxynojirimycin, DNJAlfa AesarJ62602-MC

Additional files

Supplementary file 1

Proteins that differentially bound to WT corin and the N1022Q mutant identified in proteomic analysis.

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.35672.013
Supplementary file 2

Proteins with a ratio of ≥ 2 fold between WT corin and the N1022Q mutant.

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.35672.014
Supplementary file 3

Information of the DNA inserts in the expression plasmids used in this study.

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.35672.015
Transparent reporting form
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.35672.016

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