Amelogenin-Cytokeratin 14 Interaction in Ameloblasts during Enamel Formation

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The enamel protein amelogenin binds to the GlcNAc-mimicking peptide (GMp) (Ravindranath, R. M. H., Tam, W., Nguyen, P., and Fincham, A. G. (2000) J. Biol. Chem. 275, 39654-39661). The GMp motif is found in the N-terminal region of CK14, a differentiation marker for ameloblasts. The binding affinity of CK14 and amelogenin was confirmed by dosimetric binding of CK14 to recombinant amelogenin (rM179), and to the tyrosine-rich amelogenin polypeptide. The specific binding site for CK14 was identified in the amelogenin trityrosyl motif peptide (ATMP) of tyrosine-rich amelogenin polypeptide and specific interaction between CK14 and [3H]ATMP was confirmed by Scatchard analysis. Blocking rM179 with GlcNAc, GMp, or CK14 with ATMP abrogates the CK14-amelogenin interaction. CK14 failed to bind to ATMP when the third proline was substituted with threonine, as in some cases of human X-linked amelogenesis imperfecta or when tyrosyl residues were substituted with phenylalanine. Morphometry of developing teeth distinguished three phases of enamel formation; growth initiation phase (days 0-1), prolific growth phase (days 1-7), and growth cessation phase (post-day 7). Confocal microscopy revealed co-assembly of CK14/amelogenin in the perinuclear region of ameloblasts on day 0, migration of the co-assembled CK14/amelogenin to the apical region of the ameloblasts from day 1, reaching a peak on days 3-5, and a collapse of the co-assembly. Autoradiography with [3H]ATMP and [3H]GMp corroborated the dissociation of the co-assembly at the ameloblast Tomes' process. It is proposed that CK14 play a chaperon role for nascent amelogenin polypeptide during amelogenesis.

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Ravindranath, R. M. H., Tam, W. Y., Bringas, P., Santos, V., & Fincham, A. G. (2001). Amelogenin-Cytokeratin 14 Interaction in Ameloblasts during Enamel Formation. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 276(39), 36586–36597. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M104656200

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