The CD147 receptor plays an integral role in numerous diseases by stimulating the expression of several protein families and serving as the receptor for extracellular cyclophilins, however, neither CD147 nor its interactions with its cyclophilin ligands have been well characterized in solution. CD147 is a unique protein in that it can function both at the cell membrane and after being released from cells where it continues to retain activity. Thus, the CD147 receptor functions through at least two mechanisms that include both cyclophilin-independent and cyclophilin-dependent modes of action. In regard to CD147 cyclophilin-independent activity, CD147 homophilic interactions are thought to underlie its activity. In regard to CD147 cyclophilin-dependent activity, cyclophilin/CD147 interactions may represent a novel means of signaling since cyclophilins are also peptidyl-prolyl isomerases.
Revised: June 23, 2010 |
Published: August 21, 2009
Citation
Schlegel J., J.S. Redzic, C. Porter, V. Yurchenko, M. Bukrinsky, W. Labeikovsky, and G.S. Armstrong, et al. 2009.Solution characterization of the extracellular region of CD147 and its interaction with its enzyme ligand cyclophilin-A.Journal of Molecular Biology 391, no. 3:518-535.PNNL-SA-66235.doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2009.05.080