Systematic substrate identification indicates a central role for the metalloprotease ADAM10 in axon targeting and synapse function

Elife. 2016 Jan 23:5:e12748. doi: 10.7554/eLife.12748.

Abstract

Metzincin metalloproteases have major roles in intercellular communication by modulating the function of membrane proteins. One of the proteases is the a-disintegrin-and-metalloprotease 10 (ADAM10) which acts as alpha-secretase of the Alzheimer's disease amyloid precursor protein. ADAM10 is also required for neuronal network functions in murine brain, but neuronal ADAM10 substrates are only partly known. With a proteomic analysis of Adam10-deficient neurons we identified 91, mostly novel ADAM10 substrate candidates, making ADAM10 a major protease for membrane proteins in the nervous system. Several novel substrates, including the neuronal cell adhesion protein NrCAM, are involved in brain development. Indeed, we detected mistargeted axons in the olfactory bulb of conditional ADAM10-/- mice, which correlate with reduced cleavage of NrCAM, NCAM and other ADAM10 substrates. In summary, the novel ADAM10 substrates provide a molecular basis for neuronal network dysfunctions in conditional ADAM10-/- mice and demonstrate a fundamental function of ADAM10 in the brain.

Keywords: e. coli; ADAM; alzheimer; bioorthogonal chemistry; cell biology; human; mass spectrometry; metalloproteases; mouse; neuroscience; rat.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • ADAM10 Protein / deficiency
  • ADAM10 Protein / metabolism*
  • Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases / deficiency
  • Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases / metabolism*
  • Animals
  • Axons / chemistry
  • Axons / enzymology*
  • Brain / embryology
  • Brain / enzymology
  • Gene Knockdown Techniques
  • Gene Knockout Techniques
  • Membrane Proteins / deficiency
  • Membrane Proteins / metabolism*
  • Mice
  • Proteome / analysis
  • Substrate Specificity
  • Synapses / enzymology*

Substances

  • Membrane Proteins
  • Proteome
  • Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases
  • ADAM10 Protein
  • Adam10 protein, mouse

Grants and funding

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.