E-cadherin interactome complexity and robustness resolved by quantitative proteomics

Guo, Z., Neilson, L. J., Zhong, H., Murray, P. S., Zanivan, S. R. and Zaidel-Bar, R. (2014) E-cadherin interactome complexity and robustness resolved by quantitative proteomics. Science Signaling, 7(354), rs7. (doi: 10.1126/scisignal.2005473)

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Abstract

E-cadherin–mediated cell-cell adhesion and signaling plays an essential role in development and maintenance of healthy epithelial tissues. Adhesiveness mediated by E-cadherin is conferred by its extracellular cadherin domains and is regulated by an assembly of intracellular adaptors and enzymes associated with its cytoplasmic tail. We used proximity biotinylation and quantitative proteomics to identify 561 proteins in the vicinity of the cytoplasmic tail of E-cadherin. In addition, we used proteomics to identify proteins associated with E-cadherin–containing adhesion plaques from a cell-glass interface, which enabled the assignment of cellular localization to putative E-cadherin–interacting proteins. Moreover, by tagging identified proteins with GFP (green fluorescent protein), we determined the subcellular localization of 83 putative E-cadherin–proximal proteins and identified 24 proteins that were previously uncharacterized as part of adherens junctions. We constructed and characterized a comprehensive E-cadherin interaction network of 79 published and 394 previously uncharacterized proteins using a structure-informed database of protein-protein interactions. Finally, we found that calcium chelation, which disrupts the interaction of the extracellular E-cadherin domains, did not disrupt most intracellular protein interactions with E-cadherin, suggesting that the E-cadherin intracellular interactome is predominantly independent of cell-cell adhesion.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Zanivan, Professor Sara and Neilson, Ms Lisa
Authors: Guo, Z., Neilson, L. J., Zhong, H., Murray, P. S., Zanivan, S. R., and Zaidel-Bar, R.
College/School:College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Cancer Sciences
Journal Name:Science Signaling
Publisher:Highwire Press
ISSN:1945-0877
ISSN (Online):1937-9145

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