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Journal of Cell Science, Vol 111, Issue 9 1305-1318, Copyright © 1998 by Company of Biologists


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Contributions of extracellular and intracellular domains of full length and chimeric cadherin molecules to junction assembly in epithelial cells

SM Norvell and KJ Green
Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.

The integrity of cell-cell junctions in epithelial cells depends on functional interactions of both extracellular and intracellular domains of cadherins with other junction proteins. To examine the roles of the different domains of E-cadherin and desmoglein in epithelial junctions, we stably expressed full length desmoglein 1 and chimeras of E-cadherin and desmoglein 1 in A431 epithelial cells. Full length desmoglein 1 was able to incorporate into or disrupt endogenous desmosomes depending on expression level. Each of the chimeric cadherin molecules exhibited distinct localization patterns at the cell surface. A chimera of the desmoglein 1 extracellular domain and the E-cadherin intracellular domain was distributed diffusely at the cell surface while the reverse chimera, comprising the E-cadherin extracellular domain and the desmoglein 1 intracellular domain, localized in large, sometimes contiguous patches at cell-cell interfaces. Nevertheless, both constructs disrupted desmosome assembly. Expression of constructs containing the desmoglein 1 cytoplasmic domain resulted in approximately a 3-fold decrease in E-cadherin bound to plakoglobin and a 5- to 10-fold reduction in the steady-state levels of the endogenous desmosomal cadherins, desmoglein 2 and desmocollin 2, possibly contributing to the dominant negative effect of the desmoglein 1 tail. In addition, biochemical analysis of protein complexes in the stable lines revealed novel in vivo protein interactions. Complexes containing beta-catenin and desmoglein 1 were identified in cells expressing constructs containing the desmoglein 1 tail. Furthermore, interactions were identified between endogenous E-cadherin and the chimera containing the E-cadherin extracellular domain and the desmoglein 1 intracellular domain providing in vivo evidence for previously predicted lateral interactions of E-cadherin extracellular domains.


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