Mucus Detachment by Host Metalloprotease Meprin β Requires Shedding of Its Inactive Pro-form, which Is Abrogated by the Pathogenic Protease RgpB

Mucus Detachment by Host Metalloprotease Meprin β Requires Shedding of Its Inactive Pro-form, which Is Abrogated by the Pathogenic Protease RgpB

The host metalloprotease meprin β is required for mucin 2 (MUC2) cleavage, which drives intestinal mucus detachment and prevents bacterial overgrowth. To gain access to the cleavage site in MUC2, meprin β must be proteolytically shed from epithelial cells. Hence, regulation of meprin β shedding and...

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Main Authors: Rielana Wichert, Anna Ermund, Stefanie Schmidt, Matthias Schweinlin, Miroslaw Ksiazek, Philipp Arnold, Katharina Knittler, Frederike Wilkens, Barbara Potempa, Björn Rabe, Marit Stirnberg, Ralph Lucius, Jörg W. Bartsch, Susanna Nikolaus, Maren Falk-Paulsen, Philip Rosenstiel, Marco Metzger, Stefan Rose-John, Jan Potempa, Gunnar C. Hansson, Peter J. Dempsey, Christoph Becker-Pauly
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-11-01
Series:Cell Reports
Subjects:
host-microbiome interaction
mucus
intestinal mucus barrier
ectodomain shedding
metalloprotease
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124717315504

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