A disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs 4 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ADAMTS4gene.[5]
This gene encodes a member of the ADAMTS (a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs) protein family. Members of the family share several distinct protein modules, including a propeptide region, a metalloproteinase domain, a disintegrin-like domain, and a thrombospondin type 1 (TS) motif. Individual members of this family differ in the number of C-terminal TS motifs, and some have unique C-terminal domains. The enzyme encoded by this gene lacks a C-terminal TS motif. It can degrade aggrecan, a major proteoglycan of cartilage, brevican, a brain-specific extracellular matrix protein, neurocan and versican. The cleavage of aggrecan and brevican suggests key roles of this enzyme in arthritic disease and in the central nervous system, potentially, in the progression of glioma.[6]
ADAMTS4 is the shortest known ADAMTS, lacking the C-terminal domain and is the only non-glycosylated ADAMTS.[7] It also only has one thrombospondin type 1 motif (TSR), whereas all the other ADAMTS have two or more TSRs. The TSR is important for binding of the enzyme to the extracellular matrix and hence its substrate specificity. Adjacent to the C-terminal TSR is a disintegrin-like domain, a cysteine-rich region
that stacks against the active-site of the enzyme when in its final folded tertiary structure.[8]
ADAMTS4 (and ADAMTS5) are the major proteinases responsible for the degradation of proteoglycans in articular cartilage in osteoarthritis.[12] Which of these aggrecanases is more important in cartilage degradation appears to be species-specific, with ADAMTS4 more important in human disease (but ADAMTS5 more important in mouse models of osteoarthritis).
Alternative names[]
Aggrecanase-1 (initial name reflecting its ability to cleave aggrecan)
^Takizawa M, Yatabe T, Okada A, Chijiiwa M, Mochizuki S, Ghosh P, Okada Y (2008). "Calcium pentosan polysulfate directly inhibits enzymatic activity of ADAMTS4 (aggrecanase-1) in osteoarthritic chondrocytes". FEBS Lett. 582 (19): 2945–9. doi:10.1016/j.febslet.2008.07.036. PMID18671975. S2CID10240795.
^Bondeson J, Wainwright S, Hughes C, Caterson B (2008). "The regulation of the ADAMTS4 and ADAMTS5 aggrecanases in osteoarthritis: a review". Clin. Exp. Rheumatol. 26 (1): 139–45. PMID18328163.
Further reading[]
Tang BL (Jan 2001). "ADAMTS: a novel family of extracellular matrix proteases". The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology. 33 (1): 33–44. doi:10.1016/S1357-2725(00)00061-3. PMID11167130.
Hirohata S (Nov 2001). "[ADAMTS family--new extracellular matrix degrading enzyme]". Seikagaku. The Journal of Japanese Biochemical Society. 73 (11): 1333–7. PMID11831030.
Tortorella MD, Burn TC, Pratta MA, Abbaszade I, Hollis JM, Liu R, Rosenfeld SA, Copeland RA, Decicco CP, Wynn R, Rockwell A, Yang F, Duke JL, Solomon K, George H, Bruckner R, Nagase H, Itoh Y, Ellis DM, Ross H, Wiswall BH, Murphy K, Hillman MC, Hollis GF, Newton RC, Magolda RL, Trzaskos JM, Arner EC (Jun 1999). "Purification and cloning of aggrecanase-1: a member of the ADAMTS family of proteins". Science. 284 (5420): 1664–6. doi:10.1126/science.284.5420.1664. PMID10356395.
Abbaszade I, Liu RQ, Yang F, Rosenfeld SA, Ross OH, Link JR, Ellis DM, Tortorella MD, Pratta MA, Hollis JM, Wynn R, Duke JL, George HJ, Hillman MC, Murphy K, Wiswall BH, Copeland RA, Decicco CP, Bruckner R, Nagase H, Itoh Y, Newton RC, Magolda RL, Trzaskos JM, Burn TC (Aug 1999). "Cloning and characterization of ADAMTS11, an aggrecanase from the ADAMTS family". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274 (33): 23443–50. doi:10.1074/jbc.274.33.23443. PMID10438522.
Mizui Y, Yamazaki K, Kuboi Y, Sagane K, Tanaka I (Sep 2000). "Characterization of 5'-flanking region of human aggrecanase-1 (ADAMTS4) gene". Molecular Biology Reports. 27 (3): 167–73. doi:10.1023/A:1007253930568. PMID11254106. S2CID42100328.