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JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY
Volume 163, Issue 5, Pages 1167-1177Publisher
ROCKEFELLER UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200309113
Keywords
integrins; tetraspanins; laminin-5; CD9; CD81
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- NCI NIH HHS [R01 CA042368, CA42368] Funding Source: Medline
- NIGMS NIH HHS [R01 GM038903, GM38903] Funding Source: Medline
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EWI-2, a cell surface immunoglobulin SF protein of unknown function, associates with tetraspanins CD9 and CD81 with high stoichiometry. Overexpression of EWI-2 in A431 epidermoid carcinoma cells did not alter cell adhesion or spreading on laminin-5, and had no effect on reaggregation of cells plated on collagen 1 (alpha2beta1 integrin ligand). However, on laminin-5 (alpha3beta1 integrin ligand), A431 cell reaggregation and motility functions were markedly impaired. Immunodepletion and reexpression experiments revealed that tetraspanins CD9 and CD81 physically link EWI-2 to alpha3beta1 integrin, but not to other integrins. CD81 also controlled EWI-2 maturation and cell surface localization. EWI-2 overexpression not only suppressed cell migration, but also redirected CD81 to cell filopodia and enhanced alpha3beta1-CD81 complex formation. In contrast, an EWI-2 chimeric mutant failed to suppress cell migration, redirect CD81 to filopodia, or enhance alpha3beta1-CD81 complex formation. These results show how laterally associated EWI-2 might regulate alpha3beta1 function in disease and development, and demonstrate how tetraspanin proteins can assemble multiple nontetraspanin proteins into functional complexes.
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