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Published online 18 September 2000. doi:10.1083/jcb.150.6.1499
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The Journal of Cell Biology, Volume 150, Number 6, September 18, 2000 1499-1506


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Embryonic Lethality of Molecular Chaperone Hsp47 Knockout Mice Is Associated with Defects in Collagen Biosynthesis

Naoko Nagaia, Masanori Hosokawab, Shigeyoshi Itoharac, Eijiro Adachid, Takatoshi Matsushitab, Nobuko Hosokawaa, and Kazuhiro Nagataa
a Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST), and Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8397, Japan
b Field of Regeneration Control, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8397, Japan
c Behavioral Genetics Lab, Brain Science Institute (BSI), RIKEN, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
d Department of Molecular Morphology, Kitasato University Graduate School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 228-8555, Japan

Correspondence to: Kazuhiro Nagata, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8397, Japan. Tel:(81) 75 751 3848

Triple helix formation of procollagen after the assembly of three {alpha}-chains at the C-propeptide is a prerequisite for refined structures such as fibers and meshworks. Hsp47 is an ER-resident stress inducible glycoprotein that specifically and transiently binds to newly synthesized procollagens. However, the real function of Hsp47 in collagen biosynthesis has not been elucidated in vitro or in vivo. Here, we describe the establishment of Hsp47 knockout mice that are severely deficient in the mature, propeptide-processed form of {alpha}1(I) collagen and fibril structures in mesenchymal tissues. The molecular form of type IV collagen was also affected, and basement membranes were discontinuously disrupted in the homozygotes. The homozygous mice did not survive beyond 11.5 days postcoitus (dpc), and displayed abnormally orientated epithelial tissues and ruptured blood vessels. When triple helix formation of type I collagen secreted from cultured cells was monitored by protease digestion, the collagens of Hsp47+/+ and Hsp47+/- cells were resistant, but those of Hsp47-/- cells were sensitive. These results indicate for the first time that type I collagen is unable to form a rigid triple-helical structure without the assistance of molecular chaperone Hsp47, and that mice require Hsp47 for normal development.

Key Words: gene targeting, extracellular matrix, collagen fibril, basement membrane, type I collagen


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