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L-Selectin Shedding Is Independent of Its Subsurface Structures and Topographic Distribution¹

Center for Blood Research and Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115

L-selectin (CD62L), a lectin-like adhesion molecule, mediates lymphocyte homing and leukocyte accumulation at sites of inflammation. Its transmembrane (TM) and intracellular (IC) domains confer clustering of L-selectin on microvilli of resting leukocytes, which is important for L-selectin function. Following activation of protein kinase C (PKC) or calmodulin inhibition, the wild-type (WT) protein is rapidly cleaved in its membrane-proximal ectodomain. To examine whether L-selectin topography or TM/IC domains are involved in this shedding process, we used stable transfectants expressing WT L-selectin (on microvilli) or chimeric molecules consisting of the L-selectin ectodomain linked to the TM/IC domains of CD44 (excluded from microvilli) or CD31 (randomly distributed). PKC activation by PMA altered the cells’ surface morphology, but did not induce a redistribution of L-selectin ectodomains. All cell lines shed ectodomains upon PMA activation in a dose-dependent fashion and with similar kinetics. Calmodulin inhibition by trifluoperazine induced shedding in both WT and chimera transfectants. At high trifluoperazine concentrations, shedding of WT L-selectin was significantly more pronounced than that of chimeric molecules. Regardless of the activating stimulus, shedding was blocked by a hydroxamate-based metalloprotease inhibitor, suggesting that ectodomain down-regulation occurred through proteolytic cleavage by identical protease(s). These results show that the recognition site(s) for PKC-induced L-selectin shedding is exclusively contained within the ectodomain; the nature of subsurface structures and surface topography are irrelevant. Shedding induced by calmodulin inhibition has two components: one requires the L-selectin TM/IC domain, and the other is independent of it.

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