Affiliation:
1. Department of Biosciences and Medical Biology, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunner Str. 34, A-5020 Salzburg, Austria
Abstract
While primarily found in endo-lysosomal compartments, the cysteine protease legumain can also translocate to the cell surface if stabilized by the interaction with the RGD-dependent integrin receptor αVβ3. Previously, it has been shown that legumain expression is inversely related to BDNF-TrkB activity. Here we show that legumain can conversely act on TrkB-BDNF by processing the C-terminal linker region of the TrkB ectodomain in vitro. Importantly, when in complex with BDNF, TrkB was not cleaved by legumain. Legumain-processed TrkB was still able to bind BDNF, suggesting a potential scavenger function of soluble TrkB towards BDNF. The work thus presents another mechanistic link explaining the reciprocal TrkB signaling and δ-secretase activity of legumain, with relevance for neurodegeneration.
Funder
Austrian Science Fund FWF
Subject
Inorganic Chemistry,Organic Chemistry,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry,Computer Science Applications,Spectroscopy,Molecular Biology,General Medicine,Catalysis
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