Structural decoding of netrin-4 reveals a regulatory function towards mature basement membranes

Reuten, Raphael, Patel, Trushar R., Mcdougall, Matthew, Rama, Nicolas, Nikodemus, Denise, Gibert, Benjamin, Delcros, Jean-Guy, Prein, Carina, Meier, Markus, Metzger, Stéphanie, Zhou, Zhigang, Kaltenberg, Jennifer, Mckee, Karen K., Bald, Tobias, Tüting, Thomas, Zigrino, Paola, Djonov, Valentin, Bloch, Wilhelm, Clausen-Schaumann, Hauke, Poschl, Ernst, Yurchenco, Peter D., Ehrbar, Martin, Mehlen, Patrick, Stetefeld, Jörg and Koch, Manuel (2016) Structural decoding of netrin-4 reveals a regulatory function towards mature basement membranes. Nature Communications, 7. ISSN 2041-1723

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Abstract

Netrins, a family of laminin-related molecules, have been proposed to act as guidance cues either during nervous system development or the establishment of the vascular system. This was clearly demonstrated for netrin-1 via its interaction with the receptors DCC and UNC5s. However, mainly based on shared homologies with netrin-1, netrin-4 was also proposed to play a role in neuronal outgrowth and developmental/pathological angiogenesis via interac- tions with netrin-1 receptors. Here, we present the high-resolution structure of netrin-4, which shows unique features in comparison with netrin-1, and show that it does not bind directly to any of the known netrin-1 receptors. We show that netrin-4 disrupts laminin networks and basement membranes (BMs) through high-affinity binding to the laminin g1 chain. We hypothesize that this laminin-related function is essential for the previously described effects on axon growth promotion and angiogenesis. Our study unveils netrin-4 as a non-enzymatic extracellular matrix protein actively disrupting pre-existing BMs.

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Uncontrolled Keywords:	axon and dendritic guidance,extracellular matrix,x-ray crystallography
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School Faculty of Science > School of Biological Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Cells and Tissues
Related URLs:	http://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms135...
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	03 Dec 2016 00:01
Last Modified:	20 Apr 2023 00:18
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/61591
DOI:	10.1038/ncomms13515

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