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© The Rockefeller University Press, 0021-9525/1998//271 $5.00
The Journal of Cell Biology, Volume 142, Number 1, , 1998 271-284


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Hemidesmosome Formation Is Initiated by the β4 Integrin Subunit, Requires Complex Formation of β4 and HD1/Plectin, and Involves a Direct Interaction between β4 and the Bullous Pemphigoid Antigen 180



Roel Q.J. Schaapveld*, Luca Borradori*,{ddagger}, Dirk Geerts*, Manuel R. van Leusden*, Ingrid Kuikman*, Mirjam G. Nievers*, Carien M. Niessen*, Renske D.M. Steenbergen§, Peter J.F. Snijders§, and Arnoud Sonnenberg*

* Division of Cell Biology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands; {ddagger} Department of Dermatology, University of Geneva, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland; and § Department of Pathology, University Hospital Vrije Universiteit, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Hemidesmosomes (HDs) are stable anchoring structures that mediate the link between the intermediate filament cytoskeleton and the cell substratum. We investigated the contribution of various segments of the β4 integrin cytoplasmic domain in the formation of HDs in transient transfection studies using immortalized keratinocytes derived from an epidermolysis bullosa patient deficient in β4 expression. We found that the expression of wild-type β4 restored the ability of the β4-deficient cells to form HDs and that distinct domains in the NH2- and COOH-terminal regions of the β4 cytoplasmic domain are required for the localization of HD1/plectin and the bullous pemphigoid antigens 180 (BP180) and 230 (BP230) in these HDs. The tyrosine activation motif located in the connecting segment (CS) of the β4 cytoplasmic domain was dispensable for HD formation, although it may be involved in the efficient localization of BP180. Using the yeast two-hybrid system, we could demonstrate a direct interaction between β4 and BP180 which involves sequences within the COOH-terminal part of the CS and the third fibronectin type III (FNIII) repeat. Immunoprecipitation studies using COS-7 cells transfected with cDNAs for {alpha}6 and β4 and a mutant BP180 which lacks the collagenous extracellular domain confirmed the interaction of β4 with BP180. Nevertheless, β4 mutants which contained the BP180-binding region, but lacked sequences required for the localization of HD1/plectin, failed to localize BP180 in HDs. Additional yeast two- hybrid assays indicated that the 85 COOH-terminal residues of β4 can interact with the first NH2-terminal pair of FNIII repeats and the CS, suggesting that the cytoplasmic domain of β4 is folded back upon itself. Unfolding of the cytoplasmic domain may be part of a mechanism by which the interaction of β4 with other hemidesmosomal components, e.g., BP180, is regulated.

Key Words: hemidesmosome assembly • PA-JEB keratinocytes • protein–protein interaction • bullous pemphigoid antigens • {alpha}6β4 integrin



Abbreviations used in this paper: AD, activation domain; BD, binding domain; BP180, bullous pemphigoid antigen 180; BP230, bullous pemphigoid antigen 230; CS, connecting segment; FNIII, type III fibronectin repeat; GAL4, galactose metabolism regulatory gene 4; HDs, hemidesmosomes; IF, intermediate filament; NHK, normal human foreskin keratinocytes; PA-JEB, junctional epidermolysis bullosa associated with pyloric atresia; SC, synthetic complete medium; TAM, tyrosine activation motif.

R.Q.J. Schaapveld, Luca Borradori, and D. Geerts contributed equally to this work.

Carien M. Niessen's present address is Cellular Biochemistry & Biophysics Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York 10021.



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