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First published online 21 August 2007
doi: 10.1242/jcs.010397


Journal of Cell Science 120, 3188-3199 (2007)
Published by The Company of Biologists 2007
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Research Article

Cell-surface transglutaminase undergoes internalization and lysosomal degradation: an essential role for LRP1

Evgeny A. Zemskov1,2, Irina Mikhailenko2,3, Dudley K. Strickland2,4 and Alexey M. Belkin1,2,5,*

1 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
2 Center for Vascular and Inflammatory Diseases, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
3 Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
4 Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
5 Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA

* Author for correspondence (e-mail: abelkin{at}som.umaryland.edu)

Accepted 6 July 2007

Tissue transglutaminase functions as a protein crosslinking enzyme and an integrin-binding adhesion co-receptor for fibronectin on the cell surface. These activities of transglutaminase and the involvement of this protein in cell-matrix adhesion, integrin-mediated signaling, cell migration and matrix organization suggest a precise and efficient control of its cell-surface expression. We report a novel mechanism of regulation of surface transglutaminase through internalization and subsequent lysosomal degradation. Constitutive endocytosis of cell-surface transglutaminase depends on plasma membrane cholesterol and the activity of dynamin-2, and involves both clathrin-coated pits and lipid rafts or caveolae. Furthermore, the key matrix ligands of transglutaminase, fibronectin and platelet-derived growth factor, promote its endocytosis from the cell surface. Our results also indicate that transglutaminase interacts in vitro and on the cell surface with the major endocytic receptor, low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1, and demonstrate the requirement for this receptor in the endocytosis of transglutaminase. Finally, a deficiency of this endocytic receptor or blockade of endo-lysosomal function upregulate transglutaminase expression on the cell surface, leading to increased cell adhesion and matrix crosslinking. These findings characterize a previously unknown pathway of transglutaminase internalization and degradation that might be crucial for regulation of its adhesive and signaling functions on the cell surface and reveal a novel functional link between cell-matrix adhesion and endocytosis.

Key words: Transglutaminase, Integrin, Fibronectin, Cell-matrix adhesion, LRP1, Endocytosis, Lysosomal degradation


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