| accession_id | Protein sequence |
| Q15109-1 | MAAGTAVGAWVLVLSLWGAVVGAQNITARIGEPLVLKCKGAPKKPPQRLEWKLNTGRTEAWKVLSPQGGGPWDSVARVLPNGSLFLPAVG IQDEGIFRCQAMNRNGKETKSNYRVRVYQIPGKPEIVDSASELTAGVPNKVGTCVSEGSYPAGTLSWHLDGKPLVPNEKGVSVKEQTRRH PETGLFTLQSELMVTPARGGDPRPTFSCSFSPGLPRHRALRTAPIQPRVWEPVPLEEVQLVVEPEGGAVAPGGTVTLTCEVPAQPSPQIH WMKDGVPLPLPPSPVLILPEIGPQDQGTYSCVATHSSHGPQESRAVSISIIEPGEEGPTAGSVGGSGLGTLALALGILGGLGTAALLIGV
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| Q15109-10 | MAAGTAVGAWVLVLSLWGAVVGAQNITARIGEPLVLKCKGAPKKPPQRLEWKLNTGRTEAWKVLSPQGGGPWDSVARVLPNGSLFLPAVG IQDEGIFRCQAMNRNGKETKSNYRVRVYQIPGKPEIVDSASELTAGVPNKVGTCVSEGSYPAGTLSWHLDGKPLVPNEKGVSVKEQTRRH PETGLFTLQSELMVTPARGGDPRPTFSCSFSPGLPRHRALRTAPIQPRVWEPVPLEEVQLVVEPEGGAVAPGGTVTLTCEVPAQPSPQIH WMKDGVPLPLPPSPVLILPEIGPQDQGTYSCVATHSSHGPQESRAVSISIIEPGEEGPTAGSVGGSGLGTLALALGILGGLGTAALLIGV
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| Q15109-2 | MAAGTAVGAWVLVLSLWGAVVGAQNITARIGEPLVLKCKGAPKKPPQRLEWKLGGGPWDSVARVLPNGSLFLPAVGIQDEGIFRCQAMNR NGKETKSNYRVRVYQIPGKPEIVDSASELTAGVPNKVGTCVSEGSYPAGTLSWHLDGKPLVPNEKGVSVKEQTRRHPETGLFTLQSELMV TPARGGDPRPTFSCSFSPGLPRHRALRTAPIQPRVWEPVPLEEVQLVVEPEGGAVAPGGTVTLTCEVPAQPSPQIHWMKDVSDLERGAGR
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| Q15109-3 | MAAGTAVGAWVLVLSLWGAVVGAQNITARIGEPLVLKCKGAPKKPPQRLEWKLNTGRTEAWKVLSPQGGGPWDSVARVLPNGSLFLPAVG IQDEGIFRCQAMNRNGKETKSNYRVRVYQIPGKPEIVDSASELTAGVPNKVGTCVSEGSYPAGTLSWHLDGKPLVPNEKGVSVKEQTRRH PETGLFTLQSELMVTPARGGDPRPTFSCSFSPGLPRHRALRTAPIQPRVWEPVPLEEVQLVVEPEGGAVAPGGTVTLTCEVPAQPSPQIH
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| Q15109-4 | MAAGTAVGAWVLVLSLWGAVVGAQNITARIGEPLVLKCKGAPKKPPQRLEWKLNTGRTEAWKVLSPQGGGPWDSVARVLPNGSLFLPAVG IQDEGIFRCQAMNRNGKETKSNYRVRVYQIPGKPEIVDSASELTAGVPNKVVEESRRSRKRPCEQEVGTCVSEGSYPAGTLSWHLDGKPL VPNEKGVSVKEQTRRHPETGLFTLQSELMVTPARGGDPRPTFSCSFSPGLPRHRALRTAPIQPRVWEPVPLEEVQLVVEPEGGAVAPGGT VTLTCEVPAQPSPQIHWMKDGVPLPLPPSPVLILPEIGPQDQGTYSCVATHSSHGPQESRAVSISIIEPGEEGPTAGEGFDKVREAEDSP
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| Q15109-5 | MAAGTAVGAWVLVLSLWGAVVGAQNITARIGEPLVLKCKGAPKKPPQRLEWKLNTGRTEAWKVLSPQGGGPWDSVARVLPNGSLFLPAVG
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| Q15109-6 | MAAGTAVGAWVLVLSLWGAVVGAQNITARIGEPLVLKCKGAPKKPPQRLEWKLNTGRTEAWKVLSPQGGGPWDSVARVLPNGSLFLPAVG IQDEGIFRCQAMNRNGKETKSNYRVRVYQIPGKPEIVDSASELTAGVPNKVVEESRRSRKRPCEQEVGTCVSEGSYPAGTLSWHLDGKPL VPNEKGVSVKEQTRRHPETGLFTLQSELMVTPARGGDPRPTFSCSFSPGLPRHRALRTAPIQPRVWEPVPLEEVQLVVEPEGGAVAPGGT VTLTCEVPAQPSPQIHWMKDGVPLPLPPSPVLILPEIGPQDQGTYSCVATHSSHGPQESRAVSISIIEPGEEGPTAGSVGGSGLGTLALA
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| Q15109-7 | MAAGTAVGAWVLVLSLWGAVVGAQNITARIGEPLVLKCKGAPKKPPQRLEWKLGGGPWDSVARVLPNGSLFLPAVGIQDEGIFRCQAMNR NGKETKSNYRVRVYQIPGKPEIVDSASELTAGVPNKVGTCVSEGSYPAGTLSWHLDGKPLVPNEKGVSVKEQTRRHPETGLFTLQSELMV TPARGGDPRPTFSCSFSPGLPRHRALRTAPIQPRVWEPVPLEEVQLVVEPEGGAVAPGGTVTLTCEVPAQPSPQIHWMKDGVPLPLPPSP VLILPEIGPQDQGTYSCVATHSSHGPQESRAVSISIIEPGEEGPTAGSVGGSGLGTLALALGILGGLGTAALLIGVILWQRRQRRGEERK
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| Q15109-8 | MAAGTAVGAWVLVLSLWGAVVGAQNITARIGEPLVLKCKGAPKKPPQRLEWKLNTGRTEAWKVLSPQGGGPWDSVARVLPNGSLFLPAVG IQDEGIFRCQAMNRNGKETKSNYRVRVYQIPGKPEIVDSASELTAGVPNKVGTCVSEGSYPAGTLSWHLDGKPLVPNEKGVSVKEQTRRH PETGLFTLQSELMVTPARGGDPRPTFSCSFSPGLPRHRALRTAPIQPRVWEPVPLEEVQLVVEPEGGAVAPGGTVTLTCEVPAQPSPQIH
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| Q15109-9 | MAAGTAVGAWVLVLSLWGAVVGAQNITARIGEPLVLKCKGAPKKPPQRLEWKLNTGRTEAWKVLSPQGGGPWDSVARVLPNGSLFLPAVG IQDEGIFRCQAMNRNGKETKSNYRVRVYQIPGKPEIVDSASELTAGVPNKVGTCVSEGSYPAGTLSWHLDGKPLVPNEKGVSVKEQTRRH PETGLFTLQSELMVTPARGGDPRPTFSCSFSPGLPRHRALRTAPIQPRVWEPVPLEEVQLVVEPEGGAVAPGGTVTLTCEVPAQPSPQIH
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| Accession_id | Subsection | Start | End | Funcitonal feature | Splicing information |
| Q15109 | Topological domain | 23 | 342 | Note=Extracellular;Ontology_term=ECO:0000255;evidence=ECO:0000255 | Type=Deletion;Start=54;End=67 |
| Q15109 | Topological domain | 23 | 342 | Note=Extracellular;Ontology_term=ECO:0000255;evidence=ECO:0000255 | Type=Substitution;Start=275;End=404 |
| Q15109 | Topological domain | 23 | 342 | Note=Extracellular;Ontology_term=ECO:0000255;evidence=ECO:0000255 | Type=Substitution;Start=332;End=404 |
| Q15109 | Topological domain | 23 | 342 | Note=Extracellular;Ontology_term=ECO:0000255;evidence=ECO:0000255 | Type=Substitution;Start=140;End=140 |
| Q15109 | Topological domain | 23 | 342 | Note=Extracellular;Ontology_term=ECO:0000255;evidence=ECO:0000255 | Type=Substitution;Start=332;End=404 |
| Q15109 | Topological domain | 23 | 342 | Note=Extracellular;Ontology_term=ECO:0000255;evidence=ECO:0000255 | Type=Substitution;Start=113;End=121 |
| Q15109 | Topological domain | 23 | 342 | Note=Extracellular;Ontology_term=ECO:0000255;evidence=ECO:0000255 | Type=Deletion;Start=122;End=404 |
| Q15109 | Topological domain | 23 | 342 | Note=Extracellular;Ontology_term=ECO:0000255;evidence=ECO:0000255 | Type=Substitution;Start=140;End=140 |
| Q15109 | Topological domain | 23 | 342 | Note=Extracellular;Ontology_term=ECO:0000255;evidence=ECO:0000255 | Type=Deletion;Start=54;End=67 |
| Q15109 | Topological domain | 23 | 342 | Note=Extracellular;Ontology_term=ECO:0000255;evidence=ECO:0000255 | Type=Substitution;Start=275;End=325 |
| Q15109 | Topological domain | 23 | 342 | Note=Extracellular;Ontology_term=ECO:0000255;evidence=ECO:0000255 | Type=Deletion;Start=326;End=404 |
| Q15109 | Topological domain | 23 | 342 | Note=Extracellular;Ontology_term=ECO:0000255;evidence=ECO:0000255 | Type=Substitution;Start=276;End=355 |
| Q15109 | Transmembrane | 343 | 363 | Note=Helical;Ontology_term=ECO:0000255;evidence=ECO:0000255 | Type=Substitution;Start=275;End=404 |
| Q15109 | Transmembrane | 343 | 363 | Note=Helical;Ontology_term=ECO:0000255;evidence=ECO:0000255 | Type=Substitution;Start=332;End=404 |
| Q15109 | Transmembrane | 343 | 363 | Note=Helical;Ontology_term=ECO:0000255;evidence=ECO:0000255 | Type=Substitution;Start=332;End=404 |
| Q15109 | Transmembrane | 343 | 363 | Note=Helical;Ontology_term=ECO:0000255;evidence=ECO:0000255 | Type=Deletion;Start=122;End=404 |
| Q15109 | Transmembrane | 343 | 363 | Note=Helical;Ontology_term=ECO:0000255;evidence=ECO:0000255 | Type=Deletion;Start=326;End=404 |
| Q15109 | Transmembrane | 343 | 363 | Note=Helical;Ontology_term=ECO:0000255;evidence=ECO:0000255 | Type=Substitution;Start=276;End=355 |
| Q15109 | Transmembrane | 343 | 363 | Note=Helical;Ontology_term=ECO:0000255;evidence=ECO:0000255 | Type=Deletion;Start=356;End=404 |
| Q15109 | Topological domain | 364 | 404 | Note=Cytoplasmic;Ontology_term=ECO:0000255;evidence=ECO:0000255 | Type=Substitution;Start=374;End=404 |
| Q15109 | Topological domain | 364 | 404 | Note=Cytoplasmic;Ontology_term=ECO:0000255;evidence=ECO:0000255 | Type=Substitution;Start=275;End=404 |
| Q15109 | Topological domain | 364 | 404 | Note=Cytoplasmic;Ontology_term=ECO:0000255;evidence=ECO:0000255 | Type=Substitution;Start=332;End=404 |
| Q15109 | Topological domain | 364 | 404 | Note=Cytoplasmic;Ontology_term=ECO:0000255;evidence=ECO:0000255 | Type=Substitution;Start=332;End=404 |
| Q15109 | Topological domain | 364 | 404 | Note=Cytoplasmic;Ontology_term=ECO:0000255;evidence=ECO:0000255 | Type=Deletion;Start=122;End=404 |
| Q15109 | Topological domain | 364 | 404 | Note=Cytoplasmic;Ontology_term=ECO:0000255;evidence=ECO:0000255 | Type=Deletion;Start=326;End=404 |
| Q15109 | Topological domain | 364 | 404 | Note=Cytoplasmic;Ontology_term=ECO:0000255;evidence=ECO:0000255 | Type=Deletion;Start=356;End=404 |
| Q15109 | Domain | 23 | 116 | Note=Ig-like V-type | Type=Deletion;Start=54;End=67 |
| Q15109 | Domain | 23 | 116 | Note=Ig-like V-type | Type=Substitution;Start=113;End=121 |
| Q15109 | Domain | 23 | 116 | Note=Ig-like V-type | Type=Deletion;Start=54;End=67 |
| Q15109 | Domain | 124 | 221 | Note=Ig-like C2-type 1 | Type=Substitution;Start=140;End=140 |
| Q15109 | Domain | 124 | 221 | Note=Ig-like C2-type 1 | Type=Deletion;Start=122;End=404 |
| Q15109 | Domain | 124 | 221 | Note=Ig-like C2-type 1 | Type=Substitution;Start=140;End=140 |
| Q15109 | Domain | 227 | 317 | Note=Ig-like C2-type 2 | Type=Substitution;Start=275;End=404 |
| Q15109 | Domain | 227 | 317 | Note=Ig-like C2-type 2 | Type=Deletion;Start=122;End=404 |
| Q15109 | Domain | 227 | 317 | Note=Ig-like C2-type 2 | Type=Substitution;Start=275;End=325 |
| Q15109 | Domain | 227 | 317 | Note=Ig-like C2-type 2 | Type=Substitution;Start=276;End=355 |
| Q15109 | Region | 367 | 404 | Note=Disordered;Ontology_term=ECO:0000256;evidence=ECO:0000256|SAM:MobiDB-lite | Type=Substitution;Start=374;End=404 |
| Q15109 | Region | 367 | 404 | Note=Disordered;Ontology_term=ECO:0000256;evidence=ECO:0000256|SAM:MobiDB-lite | Type=Substitution;Start=275;End=404 |
| Q15109 | Region | 367 | 404 | Note=Disordered;Ontology_term=ECO:0000256;evidence=ECO:0000256|SAM:MobiDB-lite | Type=Substitution;Start=332;End=404 |
| Q15109 | Region | 367 | 404 | Note=Disordered;Ontology_term=ECO:0000256;evidence=ECO:0000256|SAM:MobiDB-lite | Type=Substitution;Start=332;End=404 |
| Q15109 | Region | 367 | 404 | Note=Disordered;Ontology_term=ECO:0000256;evidence=ECO:0000256|SAM:MobiDB-lite | Type=Deletion;Start=122;End=404 |
| Q15109 | Region | 367 | 404 | Note=Disordered;Ontology_term=ECO:0000256;evidence=ECO:0000256|SAM:MobiDB-lite | Type=Deletion;Start=326;End=404 |
| Q15109 | Region | 367 | 404 | Note=Disordered;Ontology_term=ECO:0000256;evidence=ECO:0000256|SAM:MobiDB-lite | Type=Deletion;Start=356;End=404 |
| Q15109 | Compositional bias | 367 | 381 | Note=Basic and acidic residues;Ontology_term=ECO:0000256;evidence=ECO:0000256|SAM:MobiDB-lite | Type=Substitution;Start=374;End=404 |
| Q15109 | Compositional bias | 367 | 381 | Note=Basic and acidic residues;Ontology_term=ECO:0000256;evidence=ECO:0000256|SAM:MobiDB-lite | Type=Substitution;Start=275;End=404 |
| Q15109 | Compositional bias | 367 | 381 | Note=Basic and acidic residues;Ontology_term=ECO:0000256;evidence=ECO:0000256|SAM:MobiDB-lite | Type=Substitution;Start=332;End=404 |
| Q15109 | Compositional bias | 367 | 381 | Note=Basic and acidic residues;Ontology_term=ECO:0000256;evidence=ECO:0000256|SAM:MobiDB-lite | Type=Substitution;Start=332;End=404 |
| Q15109 | Compositional bias | 367 | 381 | Note=Basic and acidic residues;Ontology_term=ECO:0000256;evidence=ECO:0000256|SAM:MobiDB-lite | Type=Deletion;Start=122;End=404 |
| Q15109 | Compositional bias | 367 | 381 | Note=Basic and acidic residues;Ontology_term=ECO:0000256;evidence=ECO:0000256|SAM:MobiDB-lite | Type=Deletion;Start=326;End=404 |
| Q15109 | Compositional bias | 367 | 381 | Note=Basic and acidic residues;Ontology_term=ECO:0000256;evidence=ECO:0000256|SAM:MobiDB-lite | Type=Deletion;Start=356;End=404 |
| UniProt-id | Site score | Size | D score | Volume | Exposure | Enclosure | Contact | Phobic | Philic | Balance | Don/Acc | Residues |
| Q15109-1 | 0.793 | 64 | 0.724 | 148.862 | 0.682 | 0.607 | 0.872 | 0.153 | 1.203 | 0.128 | 1.443 | 45,46,47,49,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,70,71,72,73,76,77 ,78,79,80
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| Q15109-10 | 0.792 | 45 | 0.793 | 119.707 | 0.664 | 0.647 | 0.775 | 1.02 | 0.692 | 1.474 | 1.311 | 133,159,160,164,170,171,194,195,196,197,200,201,20 4,206,229
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| Q15109-2 | 0.893 | 68 | 0.918 | 200.655 | 0.618 | 0.649 | 0.851 | 1.033 | 0.757 | 1.365 | 1.614 | 145,146,148,149,150,151,154,155,157,180,181,182,18 3,186,187,190,192,215
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| Q15109-3 | 0.807 | 54 | 0.803 | 197.911 | 0.693 | 0.64 | 0.808 | 0.909 | 0.833 | 1.092 | 1.852 | 159,160,162,163,164,165,168,169,170,171,194,195,19 6,197,200,201,202,204,206,229,231
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| Q15109-4 | 0.81 | 41 | 0.785 | 127.939 | 0.523 | 0.737 | 0.991 | 1.74 | 0.797 | 2.184 | 1.683 | 133,175,176,180,186,187,210,211,212,213,216,217,22 0,222,245
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| Q15109-5 | 0.711 | 48 | 0.676 | 138.229 | 0.746 | 0.598 | 0.854 | 0.206 | 1.024 | 0.201 | 1.42 | 45,46,47,49,62,63,64,65,66,68,69,70,71,72,73,76,77 ,78,82
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| Q15109-6 | 0.812 | 42 | 0.808 | 129.311 | 0.592 | 0.699 | 0.885 | 1.484 | 0.678 | 2.19 | 1.738 | 133,175,176,180,186,187,210,211,212,213,216,217,22 0,222,245
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| Q15109-7 | 0.78 | 42 | 0.78 | 124.852 | 0.644 | 0.647 | 0.805 | 1.356 | 0.667 | 2.032 | 0.909 | 119,145,146,150,156,157,180,181,182,183,186,187,19 0,192,215
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| Q15109-8 | 1.002 | 116 | 1.034 | 259.651 | 0.523 | 0.676 | 0.976 | 0.679 | 0.954 | 0.713 | 1.214 | 236,237,239,258,259,260,261,262,263,264,265,266,26 7,269,271,284,286,287,288,289,290,291,292,293
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| Q15109-9 | 0.826 | 59 | 0.808 | 142.688 | 0.624 | 0.674 | 0.97 | 0.203 | 0.977 | 0.208 | 1.014 | 247,248,249,250,251,252,253,255,287,288,289,290,29 4,295,296,317,318,319,320,321,322,323
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| Gene | PMID | Title | Abstract | MeSH ID | MeSH term |
| AGER | 18550199 | Increased serum endogenous secretory receptor for advanced glycation end-product (esRAGE) levels in type 2 diabetic patients with decreased renal function. | The binding of advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) to their receptor for AGEs (RAGE) may play an important role in the development of diabetic vascular complications. Recently, soluble RAGE (sRAGE) has been identified as an alternative splicing form of RAGE. Furthermore, administration of sRAGE improved atherosclerosis in type 2 diabetic mice. | D003924 | Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 |
| AGER | 18550199 | Increased serum endogenous secretory receptor for advanced glycation end-product (esRAGE) levels in type 2 diabetic patients with decreased renal function. | The binding of advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) to their receptor for AGEs (RAGE) may play an important role in the development of diabetic vascular complications. Recently, soluble RAGE (sRAGE) has been identified as an alternative splicing form of RAGE. Furthermore, administration of sRAGE improved atherosclerosis in type 2 diabetic mice. | D003928 | Diabetic Nephropathies |
| AGER | 18593464 | Novel splice variants derived from the receptor tyrosine kinase superfamily are potential therapeutics for rheumatoid arthritis. | Despite the advent of biological therapies for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, there is a compelling need to develop alternative therapeutic targets for nonresponders to existing treatments. Soluble receptors occur naturally in vivo, such as the splice variant of the cell surface receptor for vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)--a key regulator of angiogenesis in rheumatoid arthritis. Bioinformatics analyses predict that the majority of human genes undergo alternative splicing, generating proteins--many of which may have regulatory functions. The objective of the present study was to identify alternative splice variants (ASV) from cell surface receptor genes, and to determine whether the novel proteins encoded exert therapeutic activity in an in vivo model of arthritis. | D001172 | Arthritis, Rheumatoid |
| AGER | 18593464 | Novel splice variants derived from the receptor tyrosine kinase superfamily are potential therapeutics for rheumatoid arthritis. | Despite the advent of biological therapies for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, there is a compelling need to develop alternative therapeutic targets for nonresponders to existing treatments. Soluble receptors occur naturally in vivo, such as the splice variant of the cell surface receptor for vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)--a key regulator of angiogenesis in rheumatoid arthritis. Bioinformatics analyses predict that the majority of human genes undergo alternative splicing, generating proteins--many of which may have regulatory functions. The objective of the present study was to identify alternative splice variants (ASV) from cell surface receptor genes, and to determine whether the novel proteins encoded exert therapeutic activity in an in vivo model of arthritis. | D004195 | Disease Models, Animal |
| AGER | 18952609 | Receptor for advanced glycation end products is subjected to protein ectodomain shedding by metalloproteinases. | The receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) is a 55-kDa type I membrane glycoprotein of the immunoglobulin superfamily. Ligand-induced up-regulation of RAGE is involved in various pathophysiological processes, including late diabetic complications and Alzheimer disease. Application of recombinant soluble RAGE has been shown to block RAGE-mediated pathophysiological conditions. After expression of full-length RAGE in HEK cells we identified a 48-kDa soluble RAGE form (sRAGE) in the culture medium. This variant of RAGE is smaller than a 51-kDa soluble version derived from alternative splicing. The release of sRAGE can be induced by the phorbol ester PMA and the calcium ionophore calcimycin via calcium-dependent protein kinase C subtypes. Hydroxamic acid-based metalloproteinase inhibitors block the release of sRAGE, and by RNA interference experiments we identified ADAM10 and MMP9 to be involved in RAGE shedding. In protein biotinylation experiments we show that membrane-anchored full-length RAGE is the precursor of sRAGE and that sRAGE is efficiently released from the cell surface. We identified cleavage of RAGE to occur close to the cell membrane. Ectodomain shedding of RAGE simultaneously generates sRAGE and a membrane-anchored C-terminal RAGE fragment (RAGE-CTF). The amount of RAGE-CTF increases when RAGE-expressing cells are treated with a gamma-secretase inhibitor, suggesting that RAGE-CTF is normally further processed by gamma-secretase. Identification of these novel mechanisms involved in regulating the availability of cell surface-located RAGE and its soluble ectodomain may influence further research in RAGE-mediated processes in cell biology and pathophysiology. | D000544 | Alzheimer Disease |
| AGER | 18952609 | Receptor for advanced glycation end products is subjected to protein ectodomain shedding by metalloproteinases. | The receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) is a 55-kDa type I membrane glycoprotein of the immunoglobulin superfamily. Ligand-induced up-regulation of RAGE is involved in various pathophysiological processes, including late diabetic complications and Alzheimer disease. Application of recombinant soluble RAGE has been shown to block RAGE-mediated pathophysiological conditions. After expression of full-length RAGE in HEK cells we identified a 48-kDa soluble RAGE form (sRAGE) in the culture medium. This variant of RAGE is smaller than a 51-kDa soluble version derived from alternative splicing. The release of sRAGE can be induced by the phorbol ester PMA and the calcium ionophore calcimycin via calcium-dependent protein kinase C subtypes. Hydroxamic acid-based metalloproteinase inhibitors block the release of sRAGE, and by RNA interference experiments we identified ADAM10 and MMP9 to be involved in RAGE shedding. In protein biotinylation experiments we show that membrane-anchored full-length RAGE is the precursor of sRAGE and that sRAGE is efficiently released from the cell surface. We identified cleavage of RAGE to occur close to the cell membrane. Ectodomain shedding of RAGE simultaneously generates sRAGE and a membrane-anchored C-terminal RAGE fragment (RAGE-CTF). The amount of RAGE-CTF increases when RAGE-expressing cells are treated with a gamma-secretase inhibitor, suggesting that RAGE-CTF is normally further processed by gamma-secretase. Identification of these novel mechanisms involved in regulating the availability of cell surface-located RAGE and its soluble ectodomain may influence further research in RAGE-mediated processes in cell biology and pathophysiology. | D048909 | Diabetes Complications |