Hyaluronan-mediated motility receptor

Hyaluronan-mediated motility receptor (HMMR), also known as RHAMM (Receptor for Hyaluronan Mediated Motility) is a protein which in humans is encoded by the HMMR gene.^[5] RHAMM recently has been also designated CD168 (cluster of differentiation 168).

HMMR
Identifiers
Aliases	HMMR, CD168, IHABP, RHAMM, Hyaluronan-mediated motility receptor, hyaluronan mediated motility receptor
External IDs	OMIM: 600936; MGI: 104667; HomoloGene: 8271; GeneCards: HMMR; OMA:HMMR - orthologs
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 5 (human)[1] Band 5q34 Start 163,460,203 bp[1] End 163,491,941 bp[1]
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 11 (mouse)[2] Band 11 A5|11 24.4 cM Start 40,592,222 bp[2] End 40,624,249 bp[2]
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in sperm trabecular bone testicle gonad secondary oocyte bone marrow ventricular zone embryo bone marrow cells appendix Top expressed in Paneth cell condyle genital tubercle tail of embryo lumbar spinal ganglion fossa atrium maxillary prominence endothelial cell of lymphatic vessel atrioventricular junction More reference expression data BioGPS More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function protein binding hyaluronic acid binding Cellular component cytoplasm cell surface plasma membrane membrane cytosol centrosome microtubule cytoskeleton Biological process hyaluronan catabolic process regulation of G2/M transition of mitotic cell cycle Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 3161 15366 Ensembl ENSG00000072571 ENSMUSG00000020330 UniProt O75330 Q00547 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_012485 NM_001142556 NM_001142557 NM_012484 NM_013552 RefSeq (protein) NP_001136028 NP_001136029 NP_036616 NP_036617 NP_038580 Location (UCSC) Chr 5: 163.46 – 163.49 Mb Chr 11: 40.59 – 40.62 Mb PubMed search [3] [4]
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Function

RHAMM was originally discovered as a soluble protein that altered migratory cell behavior and bound to hyaluronan.^[6] RHAMM is less well studied than the main hyaluronan (HA) receptor, CD44. In contrast to CD44 and other cell-surface receptors which contain the classical membrane spanning domain and signal sequence for secretion from the endoplasmic reticulum / Golgi complex, RHAMM does not contain a membrane spanning domain nor does the mRNA transcript contain a signal sequence. RHAMM is localized inside the cell and is unconventionally exported to the cell surface in response to certain defined stimuli such as wounding and cytokines including TGF-β.^[7] The precise unconventional export mechanism for transporting RHAMM to the extracellular space is still unclear but may involve transport channels or proteins, flippase activity, or exocytosis, similar to other non-conventionally exported cell surface proteins such as BFGF1,2 and epimorphin.^[8]

Intracellularly, RHAMM associates with microtubules and, working with BRCA1 and BARD1, plays a role in the regulation of mitosis,^[8][9][10] and in maintaining mitotic spindle integrity.^[11] RHAMM also binds directly with ERK1 and forms complexes with ERK1,2 and MEK1,^[11] suggesting a role as a scaffold protein that targets these MAP kinases to the nucleus.^[12]

Extracellularly, RHAMM associates with CD44, and upon binding to hyaluronan, activates intracellular signaling pathways, mainly the MAPK pathway via ERK1,2 activation^[13] Variants of RHAMM caused by alternative splicing have been observed, and alternative start codon usage has been proposed in mice and directly observed in humans.^[5]

Clinical significance

RHAMM is over expressed in breast cancer and its expression in triple negative and HER2 subtypes is associated with poor outcome.^[14] Alternatively spliced forms of RHAMM may be up regulated in some tumor types, promoting tumor progression.^[15] The presence of breast tumor cell subsets with high RHAMM expression is associated with reduced metastasis free survival^[16] and mediates migration, transformation, and metastatic spread of the triple negative human BCa cell line MDA-MB-231.^[17]

Elevated levels of RHAMM and hyaluronan are associated with the likelihood of undergoing biochemical failure in intermediate risk prostate cancer patients.^[18] RHAMM is also one of 3 biomarkers associated with aggressiveness in a multivariate analysis of human prostate tumors^[19] and elevated levels of RHAMM are associated with both androgen deprivation therapy and castration resistant disease.^[20] RHAMM has also been identified as one of 4 gene products identified in circulating tumor cells in patients with lung adenocarcinoma.^[21]

While RHAMM has been less studied than CD44 in the process of cancer metastasis, it is likely just as important in this process and can act in concert with, or independently of CD44 to promote cell motility. Increased RHAMM expression is correlated with metastases in colorectal cancer, among others.^[22] Mechanistically, RHAMM has been shown to promote cell motility through a number of different pathways. As with CD44, RHAMM can promote focal adhesion turnover by controlling focal adhesion kinase (FAK) phosphorylation and cooperating with the α4β1 and α5β1 integrins.^[23] RHAMM also activates a number of downstream kinases including enhancing the intensity and sustaining the duration of ERK1 / ERK2 activation through the map kinase (MAPK) pathway, pp60 (c-src), and the downstream targets of rho kinase (ROK).^[24] Finally, once a metastatic lesion has been established, RHAMM can cooperate with CD44 to promote angiogenesis by promoting migration of neighboring endothelial cells towards the tumor.^[25]

References

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8. Maxwell CA, Keats JJ, Crainie M, Sun X, Yen T, Shibuya E, Hendzel M, Chan G, Pilarski LM (June 2003). "RHAMM is a centrosomal protein that interacts with dynein and maintains spindle pole stability". Molecular Biology of the Cell. 14 (6): 2262–2276. doi:10.1091/mbc.E02-07-0377. PMC 194876. PMID 12808028.
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18. Rizzardi AE, Vogel RI, Koopmeiners JS, Forster CL, Marston LO, Rosener NK, Akentieva N, Price MA, Metzger GJ, Warlick CA, Henriksen JC, Turley EA, McCarthy JB, Schmechel SC (Jun 2014). "Elevated hyaluronan and hyaluronan-mediated motility receptor are associated with biochemical failure in patients with intermediate-grade prostate tumors". Cancer. 120 (12): 1800–1809. doi:10.1002/cncr.28646. PMC 4047165. PMID 24668563.
19. Rizzardi AE, Rosener NK, Koopmeiners JS, Isaksson Vogel R, Metzger GJ, Forster CL, Marston LO, Tiffany JR, McCarthy JB, Turley EA, Warlick CA, Henriksen JC, Schmechel SC (Apr 2014). "Evaluation of protein biomarkers of prostate cancer aggressiveness". BMC Cancer. 14: 244. doi:10.1186/1471-2407-14-244. PMC 4101830. PMID 24708576.
20. Korkes F, de Castro MG, de Cassio Zequi S, Nardi L, Del Giglio A, de Lima Pompeo AC (May 2014). "Hyaluronan-mediated motility receptor (RHAMM) immunohistochemical expression and androgen deprivation in normal peritumoral, hyperplasic and neoplastic prostate tissue". BJU International. 113 (5): 822–829. doi:10.1111/bju.12339. PMID 24053431. S2CID 9302075.
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24. Hamilton SR, Fard SF, Paiwand FF, Tolg C, Veiseh M, Wang C, McCarthy JB, Bissell MJ, Koropatnick J, Turley EA (Jun 2007). "The hyaluronan receptors CD44 and Rhamm (CD168) form complexes with ERK1,2 that sustain high basal motility in breast cancer cells". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282 (22): 16667–16680. doi:10.1074/jbc.M702078200. PMC 2949353. PMID 17392272.
25. Savani RC, Cao G, Pooler PM, Zaman A, Zhou Z, DeLisser HM (Sep 2001). "Differential involvement of the hyaluronan (HA) receptors CD44 and receptor for HA-mediated motility in endothelial cell function and angiogenesis". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276 (39): 36770–36778. doi:10.1074/jbc.M102273200. PMID 11448954.

Further reading

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• Hall CL, Yang B, Yang X, Zhang S, Turley M, Samuel S, Lange LA, Wang C, Curpen GD, Savani RC, Greenberg AH, Turley EA (Jul 1995). "Overexpression of the hyaluronan receptor RHAMM is transforming and is also required for H-ras transformation". Cell. 82 (1): 19–26. doi:10.1016/0092-8674(95)90048-9. PMID 7541721. S2CID 17121010.
• Pilarski LM, Miszta H, Turley EA (May 1993). "Regulated expression of a receptor for hyaluronan-mediated motility on human thymocytes and T cells". Journal of Immunology. 150 (10): 4292–4302. doi:10.4049/jimmunol.150.10.4292. PMID 7683315.
• Spicer AP, Roller ML, Camper SA, McPherson JD, Wasmuth JJ, Hakim S, Wang C, Turley EA, McDonald JA (Nov 1995). "The human and mouse receptors for hyaluronan-mediated motility, RHAMM, genes (HMMR) map to human chromosome 5q33.2-qter and mouse chromosome 11". Genomics. 30 (1): 115–117. doi:10.1006/geno.1995.0022. PMID 8595891.
• Wang C, Entwistle J, Hou G, Li Q, Turley EA (Oct 1996). "The characterization of a human RHAMM cDNA: conservation of the hyaluronan-binding domains". Gene. 174 (2): 299–306. doi:10.1016/0378-1119(96)00080-7. PMID 8890751.
• Assmann V, Marshall JF, Fieber C, Hofmann M, Hart IR (Jun 1998). "The human hyaluronan receptor RHAMM is expressed as an intracellular protein in breast cancer cells". Journal of Cell Science. 111 (12): 1685–1694. doi:10.1242/jcs.111.12.1685. PMID 9601098.
• Pilarski LM, Pruski E, Wizniak J, Paine D, Seeberger K, Mant MJ, Brown CB, Belch AR (May 1999). "Potential role for hyaluronan and the hyaluronan receptor RHAMM in mobilization and trafficking of hematopoietic progenitor cells". Blood. 93 (9): 2918–2927. doi:10.1182/blood.V93.9.2918. PMID 10216086.
• Assmann V, Jenkinson D, Marshall JF, Hart IR (Nov 1999). "The intracellular hyaluronan receptor RHAMM/IHABP interacts with microtubules and actin filaments". Journal of Cell Science. 112 (22): 3943–3954. doi:10.1242/jcs.112.22.3943. PMID 10547355.
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