TY - JOUR TI - Native adiponectin in serum binds to mammalian cells expressing T-cadherin, but not AdipoRs or calreticulin AU - Kita, Shunbun AU - Fukuda, Shiro AU - Maeda, Norikazu AU - Shimomura, Iichiro A2 - Boudker, Olga A2 - James, David E A2 - Birnbaum, Morris VL - 8 PY - 2019 DA - 2019/10/24 SP - e48675 C1 - eLife 2019;8:e48675 DO - 10.7554/eLife.48675 UR - https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.48675 AB - Adiponectin is an adipocyte-derived atypically abundant circulating factor that protects various organs and tissues through its receptors, AdipoRs, calreticulin, and T-cadherin. To identify the major binding partner of circulating native adiponectin, we expressed these receptors on the surface of HEK293 cells. Adiponectin, either that in mouse or human serum, purified from serum, or produced by mammalian cells, bound to cells expressing T-cadherin, but not to those expressing AdipoR1 or calreticulin. The stable introduction of T-cadherin and AdipoR1 into CHO cells resulted in the cell surface localization of these receptors. Native adiponectin in serum bound to cells expressing T-cadherin, not to those expressing AdipoR1. The knockdown of T-cadherin, but not AdipoRs resulted in the significant attenuation of native adiponectin binding to C2C12 myotubes. Therefore, native adiponectin binding depended on the amount of T-cadherin expressed in HEK293 cells, CHO cells, and C2C12 myotubes. Collectively, our mammalian cell-based studies suggest that T-cadherin is the major binding partner of native adiponectin in serum. KW - adiponectin KW - T-cadherin KW - calreticulin KW - binding KW - receptors KW - cell surface JF - eLife SN - 2050-084X PB - eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd ER -