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Expression, location, and interactions of ErbB2 and its intramembrane ligand Muc4 (sialomucin complex) in rat mammary gland during pregnancy.

Abstract：

:Muc4 (also called Sialomucin complex) is a heterodimeric glycoprotein complex consisting of a peripheral O-glycosylated subunit ASGP-1 (ascites sialoglycoprotein-1) tightly but non-covalently bound to an N-glycosylated transmembrane subunit ASGP-2. Muc4/SMC can act as an intramembrane ligand for ErbB2 via an EGF-like domain present in the transmembrane subunit. The complex is developmentally regulated in normal rat mammary gland and overexpressed in a number of mammary tumors. Overexpression of Muc4/SMC has been shown to block cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions, protect tumor cells from immune surveillance, promote metastasis, and protect from apoptosis. We have investigated whether Muc4/SMC and ErbB2 are co-expressed and co-localized in normal rat mammary gland and whether Muc4/SMC-ErbB2 complex formation is developmentally regulated in this tissue. Muc4/SMC and ErbB2 have different expression patterns and regulatory mechanisms in the developing rat mammary gland, but both are maximally expressed during late pregnancy and lactation. The two proteins form a complex in lactating mammary gland which is not detected in the virgin gland. Moreover, this complex does not contain ErbB3. ErbB2 is co-localized with Muc4/SMC at the apical surfaces of ductal and alveolar cells in lactating gland; however, another form of ErbB2, recognized by a different antibody, localizes to the basolateral surfaces of these cells. ErbB2 phosphorylated on Tyr 1248 co-localized with Muc4/SMC at the apical surface but not at the basolateral surfaces of these cells. To investigate the function of Muc4 in the mammary gland, transgenic mice were derived using an MMTV-Muc4 construct. Interestingly, mammary gland development in the transgenic mice was aberrant, exhibiting a bifurcated pattern, including invasion down the blood vessel, similar to that exhibited by transgenic mice inappropriately expressing activated ErbB2 in the mammary gland. These data provide further evidence of the ability of Muc4/SMC to interact with ErbB2 and influence its behavior in normal epithelia.

journal_name

J Cell Physiol

journal_title

Journal of cellular physiology

authors

Price-Schiavi SA,Andrechek E,Idris N,Li P,Rong M,Zhang J,Carothers Carraway CA,Muller WJ,Carraway KL

doi

10.1002/jcp.20200

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pub_date

2005-04-01 00:00:00

pages

44-53

issue

eissn

0021-9541

issn

1097-4652

journal_volume

203

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Expression, location, and interactions of ErbB2 and its intramembrane ligand Muc4 (sialomucin complex) in rat mammary gland during pregnancy.