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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 279, Issue 31, 32483-32491, July 30, 2004

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ADAMTS4 (Aggrecanase-1) Interaction with the C-terminal Domain of Fibronectin Inhibits Proteolysis of Aggrecan^*

Gakuji Hashimoto, Masayuki Shimoda, and Yasunori Okada¶

From the Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0016, Japan and the Research Division, Sumitomo Pharmaceuticals, 3-1-98 Kasugadenaka, Konohana-ku, Osaka 554-0022, Japan

ADAMTS4 (aggrecanase-1), a secreted enzyme belonging to the ADAMTS (a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs) gene family, is considered to play a key role in the degradation of cartilage proteoglycan (aggrecan) in osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. To clone molecules that bind to ADAMTS4, we screened a human chondrocyte cDNA library by the yeast two-hybrid system using the ADAMTS4 spacer domain as bait and obtained cDNA clones derived from fibronectin. Interaction between ADAMTS4 and fibronectin was demonstrated by chemical cross-linking. A yeast two-hybrid assay and solid-phase binding assay using wild-type fibronectin and ADAMTS4 and their mutants demonstrated that the C-terminal domain of fibronectin is capable of binding to the C-terminal spacer domain of ADAMTS4. Wild-type ADAMTS4 was co-localized with fibronectin as determined by confocal microscopy on the cell surface of stable 293T transfectants expressing ADAMTS4, although ADAMTS4 deletion mutants, including Sp (Arg⁶⁹³–Lys⁸³⁷, lacking the spacer domain), showed negligible localization. The aggrecanase activity of wild-type ADAMTS4 was dose-dependently inhibited by fibronectin (IC₅₀ = 110 nM), whereas no inhibition was observed with Sp. The C-terminal 40-kDa fibronectin fragment also inhibited the activity of wild-type ADAMTS4 (IC₅₀ = 170 nM). These data demonstrate for the first time that the aggrecanase activity of ADAMTS4 is inhibited by fibronectin through interaction with their C-terminal domains and suggest that this extracellular regulation mechanism of ADAMTS4 activity may be important for the degradation of aggrecan in arthritic cartilage.

Received for publication, December 28, 2003 , and in revised form, May 24, 2004.

^* The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. This article must therefore be hereby marked "advertisement" in accordance with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact.

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