Direct demonstration of NCAM cis-dimerization and inhibitory effect of palmitoylation using the BRET2 technique

Nikolaj Kulahin; Lars Groth Grunnet; Morten Lundh; Dan Ploug Christensen; Rasmus Jorgensen; Anders Heding; Nils Billestrup; Vladimir Berezin; Elisabeth Bock; Thomas Mandrup-Poulsen

doi:10.1016/j.febslet.2010.11.043

Direct demonstration of NCAM cis-dimerization and inhibitory effect of palmitoylation using the BRET2 technique

Nikolaj Kulahin, Lars Groth Grunnet, Morten Lundh, Dan Ploug Christensen, Rasmus Jorgensen, Anders Heding, Nils Billestrup, Vladimir Berezin, Elisabeth Bock, Thomas Mandrup-Poulsen

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Abstract

Biological activity of the neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM) depends on both adhesion and activation of intra-cellular signaling. Based on in vitro experiments with truncated extra-cellular domains, several models describing homophilic NCAM trans- and cis-interactions have been proposed. However, cis-dimerization in living cells has not been shown directly and the role of the cytoplasmic part in NCAM dimerization is poorly understood. Here, we used the bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET(2)) technique to directly demonstrate that full-length NCAM cis-homodimerizes in living cells. Based on BRET(2)50 values we suggest that the intra-cellular part of NCAM inhibits cis-dimerization, an effect mainly dependent on the palmitoylation sites.

Original language	English
Journal	FEBS Letters
Volume	585
Issue number	1
Pages (from-to)	58-64
Number of pages	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.febslet.2010.11.043
Publication status	Published - 3 Jan 2011

Keywords

Animals
COS Cells
Cercopithecus aethiops
Chemiluminescent Measurements
Energy Transfer
Green Fluorescent Proteins
Humans
Lipoylation
Neural Cell Adhesion Molecules
Protein Multimerization
Recombinant Fusion Proteins
Transfection

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Direct demonstration of NCAM cis-dimerization and inhibitory effect of palmitoylation using the BRET2 technique

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