Matrix metalloproteinase-dependent shedding of syndecan-3, a transmembrane heparan sulfate proteoglycan, in Schwann cells.
Schwann cells transiently express the transmembrane heparan sulfate proteoglycan syndecan-3 during the late embryonic and early postnatal periods of peripheral nerve development. Neonatal rat Schwann cells released soluble syndecan-3 into the culture medium by a process that was blocked by inhibition of endogenous matrix metalloproteinase activity. When Schwann cells were plated on a substratum that binds syndecan-3, the released proteoglycan bound to the substratum adjacent to the cell border. Membrane-anchored syndecan-3 was concentrated in actin-containing filopodia that projected from the lateral edges of the Schwann cell membrane. Membrane shedding was specific for syndecan-3 and was not observed for the related proteoglycan syndecan-1. Analysis of Schwann cells transfected with wild-type and chimeric syndecan-1 and syndecan-3 cDNAs revealed that membrane shedding was a property of the syndecan-3 ectodomain. Inhibition of syndecan-3 release significantly enhanced Schwann cell adhesion and process extension on dishes coated with the non-collagenous N-terminal domain of alpha4(V) collagen, which binds syndecan-3 and mediates heparan sulfate-dependent Schwann cell adhesion. Matrix metalloproteinase-dependent syndecan-3 shedding was also observed in newborn rat peripheral nerve tissue. Syndecan-3 shedding in peripheral nerve tissue was age specific, and was not observed during later stages of postnatal nerve development. These results demonstrate that Schwann cell syndecan-3 is subject to matrix metalloproteinase-dependent membrane processing, which modulates the biological function of this proteoglycan.[1]References
- Matrix metalloproteinase-dependent shedding of syndecan-3, a transmembrane heparan sulfate proteoglycan, in Schwann cells. Asundi, V.K., Erdman, R., Stahl, R.C., Carey, D.J. J. Neurosci. Res. (2003) [Pubmed]
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