Proteome Based Construction of the Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen 1 (LFA-1) Interactome in Human Dendritic Cells

PLoS One. 2016 Feb 18;11(2):e0149637. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0149637. eCollection 2016.

Abstract

The β2-integrin lymphocyte function-associated antigen 1 (LFA-1) plays an important role in the migration, adhesion and intercellular communication of dendritic cells (DCs). During the differentiation of human DCs from monocyte precursors, LFA-1 ligand binding capacity is completely lost, even though its expression levels were remained constant. Yet LFA-1-mediated adhesive capacity on DCs can be regained by exposing DCs to the chemokine CCL21, suggesting a high degree of regulation of LFA-1 activity during the course of DC differentiation. The molecular mechanisms underlying this regulation of LFA-1 function in DCs, however, remain elusive. To get more insight we attempted to identify specific LFA-1 binding partners that may play a role in regulating LFA-1 activity in DCs. We used highly sensitive label free quantitative mass-spectrometry to identify proteins co-immunoprecipitated (co-IP) with LFA-1 from ex vivo generated DCs. Among the potential binding partners we identified not only established components of integrin signalling pathways and cytoskeletal proteins, but also several novel LFA-1 binding partners including CD13, galectin-3, thrombospondin-1 and CD44. Further comparison to the LFA-1 interaction partners in monocytes indicated that DC differentiation was accompanied by an overall increase in LFA-1 associated proteins, in particular cytoskeletal, signalling and plasma membrane (PM) proteins. The here presented LFA-1 interactome composed of 78 proteins thus represents a valuable resource of potential regulators of LFA-1 function during the DC lifecycle.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Blotting, Western
  • CD13 Antigens / metabolism
  • Cell Membrane / metabolism
  • Computer Simulation
  • Dendritic Cells / metabolism*
  • Galectin 3 / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Hyaluronan Receptors / metabolism
  • Immunoprecipitation
  • Integrins / metabolism
  • Ligands
  • Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen-1 / metabolism*
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Monocytes / metabolism
  • Protein Binding
  • Protein Interaction Maps*
  • Proteome / metabolism*
  • Reproducibility of Results

Substances

  • Galectin 3
  • Hyaluronan Receptors
  • Integrins
  • Ligands
  • Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen-1
  • Proteome
  • CD13 Antigens

Grants and funding

This work was financially supported by the EU grant Immunanomap, MRTN-CT-2006-035946 (to CGF, http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/home.html), the EU-Mexico grant FONCICYT (to CGF) and the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research grant Meervoud 836.09.002 (to AC, www.nwo.nl). CGF is recipient of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research Spinoza Prize, ERC Adv Grant PATHFINDER (269019) and KWO award KUN2009-4402 of the Dutch Cancer Society (www.kwf.nl).