Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans Are Ligands for Receptor Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase σ

Author:

Aricescu A. Radu1,McKinnell Iain W.1,Halfter Willi2,Stoker Andrew W.1

Affiliation:

1. Neural Development Unit, Institute of Child Health, London WC1N 1EH, United Kingdom

2. Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261

Abstract

ABSTRACT RPTPσ is a cell adhesion molecule-like receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase involved in nervous system development. Its avian orthologue, known as cPTPσ or CRYPα, promotes intraretinal axon growth and controls the morphology of growth cones. The molecular mechanisms underlying the functions of cPTPσ are still to be determined, since neither its physiological ligand(s) nor its substrates have been described. Nevertheless, a major class of ligand(s) is present in the retinal basal lamina and glial endfeet, the potent native growth substrate for retinal axons. We demonstrate here that cPTPσ is a heparin-binding protein and that its basal lamina ligands include the heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPGs) agrin and collagen XVIII. These molecules interact with high affinity with cPTPσ in vitro, and this binding is totally dependent upon their heparan sulfate chains. Using molecular modelling and site-directed mutagenesis, a binding site for heparin and heparan sulfate was identified in the first immunoglobulin-like domain of cPTPσ. HSPGs are therefore a novel class of heterotypic ligand for cPTPσ, suggesting that cPTPσ signaling in axons and growth cones is directly responsive to matrix-associated cues.

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Cell Biology,Molecular Biology

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