1. ADAMTS Proteins: Concepts, Challenges, and Prospects
Suneel S. Apte
2. Inhibition of ADAMTS1 Expression by Lentiviral CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Editing Technology
Carlos Peris-Torres, Orlando Serrano, María del Carmen Plaza-Calonge and Juan Carlos Rodríguez-Manzaneque
3. Analyzing the Effects of O-Fucosylation on Secretion of ADAMTS Proteins using Cell-Based Assays
Steven John Berardinelli and Robert S. Haltiwanger
4. Challenges and Solutions for Purification of ADAMTS Proteases: An Overview
Alain C. Colige
5. Purification of Native or Recombinant ADAMTS2 and Procollagen I Cleavage Assay
Alain C. Colige
6. ADAMTS7: Recombinant Protein Expression and Purification
Rens de Groot
7. Purification and Activity Determination of ADAMTS-4 and ADAMTS-5 and Their Domain Deleted Mutants
Milan M. Fowkes and Ngee H. Lim
8. Expression and Preparation of Recombinant Reelin and ADAMTS-3 Proteins
Takao Kohno, Himari Ogino, Yuko Yamakage, and Mitsuharu Hattori
9. Assay for Reelin-Cleaving Activity of ADAMTS and Detection of Reelin and Its Fragments in the Brain
Himari Ogino, Yuko Yamakage, Mihoshi B. Yamashita, Takao Kohno, and Mitsuharu Hattori
10. Chemical Modification of Proteoglycanases with Biotin
Salvatore Santamaria
11. Analysis of Aggrecanase Activity using Neoepitope Antibodies
Salvatore Santamaria and Kazuhiro Yamamoto
12. Molecular Cloning, Lentiviral Transduction, and Expression of Recombinant ADAMTSL2 and ADAMTSL4
Mukti Singh, Stuart A. Cain, and Clair Baldock
13. Purification of Recombinant ADAMTSL2
Mukti Singh and Clair Baldock
14. Expression Analysis by RNAscope™ In Situ Hybridization
Timothy J. Mead and Suneel S. Apte
15. Analysis of ADAMTS Effects on Cell Adhesion and Migration
Jordi Lambert and Dylan R. Edwards
16. Cell-Based Interaction Analysis of ADAMTS Proteases and ADAMTS-Like Proteins with Fibrillin Microfibrils
Dirk Hubmacher
17. Alizarin Red and Alcian Blue Preparations to Visualize the Skeleton
Timothy J. Mead
18. Biophysical Techniques to Analyze Elastic Tissue Extracellular Matrix Proteins Interacting with ADAMTS Proteins
Valentin Nelea and Dieter P. Reinhardt
19. Quantification of Extracellular Matrix Fiber Systems Related to ADAMTS Proteins Rongmo Zhang, Heena Kumra, and Dieter P. Reinhardt
20. Visualization of Perineuronal Nets in Central Nervous System Tissue Sections
Luke Souter and Jessica C. F. Kwok
21. Visualization and Quantification of Pericellular Matrix
Timothy J. Mead and Suneel S. Apte
22. Quantitative Mass Spectrometry-Based Secretome Analysis as a Tool to Investigate Metalloprotease and TIMP Activity
Chun-Yao Yang, Linda Troeberg, and Simone D. Scilabra
23. Preparation and Application of a Decellularized Extracellular Matrix for Identification of ADAMTS Substrates
Rahel Schnellmann and Ruth Chiquet-Ehrismann
24. Mapping the N-Terminome in Tissue Biopsies by PCT-TAILS
Louise Bundgaard, Simonas Savickas, and Ulrich auf dem Keller
This volume provides a variety of methods used to analyze ADAMTS proteases and ADAMTS-like proteins, including their structure, substrate profile, tissue and cell distribution, post-translational modification and biological pathways. Chapters discuss genetic, cell biology, biochemical and proteomics techniques applicable to the analysis of all the members of the ADAMTS superfamily. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series format, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls.
Cutting-edge and thorough, ADAMTS Proteases: Methods and Protocols is a valuable tool for researchers to study both simple and sophisticated methodologies that are often difficult to locate in primary research literature.