YB-1 Acts as a Ligand for Notch-3 Receptors and Modulates Receptor Activation*

AUTOR(ES)

Rauen, Thomas

FONTE

American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

RESUMO

Y-box (YB) protein-1 is secreted by mesangial and immune cells after cytokine challenge, but extracellular functions are unknown. Here, we demonstrate that extracellular YB-1 associates with outer cell membrane components and interacts with extracellular Notch-3 receptor domains. The interaction appears to be specific for Notch-3, as YB-1-green fluorescent protein binds to the extracellular domains and full-length forms of Notch-3 but not to Notch-1. YB-1-green fluorescent protein and Notch-3 proteins co-localize at cell membranes, and extracellular YB-1 activates Notch-3 signaling, resulting in nuclear translocation of the Notch-3 intracellular domain and up-regulation of Notch target genes. The YB-1/Notch-3 interaction may be of particular relevance for inflammatory mesangioproliferative disease, as both proteins co-localize in an experimental nephritis model and receptor activation temporally and spatially correlates with YB-1 expression.

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