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Weller M, Esser P, Bresgen M, Heimann K, Wiedemann P. Thrombospondin: A New Attachment Protein in Preretinal Traction Membranes. Eur J Ophthalmol 2018; 2:10-4. [PMID: 1353387 DOI: 10.1177/112067219200200103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Thrombospondin (TSP), an adhesive integrin-binding protein of plasma and platelets, was detected in preretinal traction membranes from patients with idiopathic (8/8) and traumatic (7/8) proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) and proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) (6/8). TSP immunoreactivity was compared to the pattern of von Willebrand factor, plasma transglutaminase (blood coagulation factor XIII), fibronectin, and mononuclear phagocytes, using double-label immunoflurorescence microscopy. TSP was partially colocalised with the endothelial cell marker, von Willebrand factor, in PDR. The codistribution of catalytic factor XIII and two cross-linking substrates, fibronectin and TSP, suggests a functional role of the enzyme in the extracellular matrix build-up in PVR and PDR. No significant TSP synthesis by mononuclear phagocytes was observed. Western blotting indicated a plasmin-mediated intravitreal breakdown of presumably plasmatic TSP in PVR and PDR.
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- M Weller
- Department of Vitreoretinal Surgery, University Eye Clinic, Cologne, Germany
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Brandhorst TT, Roy R, Wüthrich M, Nanjappa S, Filutowicz H, Galles K, Tonelli M, McCaslin DR, Satyshur K, Klein B. Structure and function of a fungal adhesin that binds heparin and mimics thrombospondin-1 by blocking T cell activation and effector function. PLoS Pathog 2013; 9:e1003464. [PMID: 23853587 PMCID: PMC3708853 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2012] [Accepted: 05/13/2013] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Blastomyces adhesin-1 (BAD-1) is a 120-kD surface protein on B. dermatitidis yeast. We show here that BAD-1 contains 41 tandem repeats and that deleting even half of them impairs fungal pathogenicity. According to NMR, the repeats form tightly folded 17-amino acid loops constrained by a disulfide bond linking conserved cysteines. Each loop contains a highly conserved WxxWxxW motif found in thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1) type 1 heparin-binding repeats. BAD-1 binds heparin specifically and saturably, and is competitively inhibited by soluble heparin, but not related glycosaminoglycans. According to SPR analysis, the affinity of BAD-1 for heparin is 33 nM±14 nM. Putative heparin-binding motifs are found both at the N-terminus and within each tandem repeat loop. Like TSP-1, BAD-1 blocks activation of T cells in a manner requiring the heparan sulfate-modified surface molecule CD47, and impairs effector functions. The tandem repeats of BAD-1 thus confer pathogenicity, harbor motifs that bind heparin, and suppress T-cell activation via a CD47-dependent mechanism, mimicking mammalian TSP-1.
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- T. Tristan Brandhorst
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- The Medical Scientist Training Program, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- The Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Training Program, College of Agriculture and Life Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- The Department of Biochemistry, The Biophysics Instrumentation Facility, College of Agriculture and Life Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- The Department of Biochemistry, The Biophysics Instrumentation Facility, College of Agriculture and Life Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- The Department of Bacteriology, The College of Agriculture and Life Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Internal Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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Leppänen VM, Tossavainen H, Permi P, Lehtiö L, Rönnholm G, Goldman A, Kilpelaïnen I, Pihlajamaa T. Crystal structure of the N-terminal NC4 domain of collagen IX, a zinc binding member of the laminin-neurexin-sex hormone binding globulin (LNS) domain family. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:23219-30. [PMID: 17553797 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m702514200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Collagen IX, located on the surface of collagen fibrils, is crucial for cartilage integrity and stability. The N-terminal NC4 domain of the alpha1(IX) chain is probably important in this because it interacts with various macromolecules such as proteoglycans and cartilage oligomeric matrix protein. At least 17 distinct collagen polypeptides carry an NC4-like unit near their N terminus, but this report, describing the crystal structure of NC4 at 1.8-A resolution, represents the first atomic level structure for these domains. The structure is similar to previously characterized laminin-neurexin-sex hormone binding globulin (LNS) structures, dominated by an antiparallel beta-sheet sandwich. In addition, a zinc ion was found in a position similar to that of the metal binding site of other LNS domains. A partial backbone NMR assignment of NC4 was obtained and utilized in NMR titration studies to investigate the zinc binding in solution state and to quantitate the affinity of metal binding. The K(d) of 11.5 mM suggests a regulatory rather than a structural role for zinc in solution. NMR titration with a heparin tetrasaccharide revealed the presence of a secondary binding site for heparin on NC4, showing structural and functional conservation with thrombospondin-1, but a markedly reduced affinity for the ligand. Also the overall arrangement of the N and C termini of NC4 resembles most closely the N-terminal domain of thrombospondin-1, distinguishing the two from the majority of the published LNS structures.
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- Veli-Matti Leppänen
- Program in Structural Biology and Biophysics, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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Wang S, Herndon ME, Ranganathan S, Godyna S, Lawler J, Argraves WS, Liau G. Internalization but not binding of thrombospondin-1 to low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein-1 requires heparan sulfate proteoglycans. J Cell Biochem 2004; 91:766-76. [PMID: 14991768 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.10781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The amino-terminal domain of the extracellular matrix (ECM) protein thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1) mediates binding to cell surface heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPG) as well as binding to the endocytic receptor, low density lipoprotein-related protein (LRP-1). We previously found that recombinant TSP-1 containing the amino-terminal residues 1-214, retained both of these interactions (Mikhailenko et al. [1997]: J Biol Chem 272:6784-6791). Here, we examined the activity of a recombinant protein containing amino-terminal residues 1-90 of TSP-1 and found that this domain did not retain high-affinity heparin-binding. The loss of heparin-binding correlated with decreased binding to the fibroblast cell surface. However, both ligand blotting and solid phase binding studies indicate that this truncated fragment of TSP-1 retained high-affinity binding to LRP-1. Consistent with this, it also retained the ability to block the uptake and degradation of (125)I-TSP-1. However, TSP-1(1-90) itself was poorly endocytosed and this truncated amino-terminal domain was considerably more effective than the full-length heparin-binding domain (HBD) of TSP-1 in blocking the catabolism of endogenously expressed TSP-1. These results indicate that TSP-1 binding to LRP-1 does not require prior or concomitant interaction with cell surface HSPG but suggest subsequent endocytosis requires high-affinity heparin-binding.
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- Shuxia Wang
- Department of Vascular Biology, Jerome H. Holland Laboratory, American Red Cross, Rockville, Maryland 20855, USA.
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Recent studies suggest striking similarities between polarized protein sorting in thyrocytes and MDCK epithelial cells, including apical trafficking of thyroglobulin (Tg), thyroid peroxidase, and aminopeptidase N; as well as basolateral targeting of heparan sulfate proteoglycans, thrombospondin 1 (TSP1), type 1 5'-deiodinase, sodium-potassium ATPase, and the thyrotropin receptor. In this report, we have firstly expressed in stably transfected MDCK II cells a range of truncation mutants lacking up to 78% of the C-terminus of TSP1; these studies indicate that the N-terminal region containing the heparin binding domain is sufficient for basolateral targeting of TSP1. Secondly, we have stably transfected MDCK II cells with both Tg and sodium-iodide symporter (NIS) cDNAs, obtaining clones that simultaneously express both thyroid-specific proteins at the apical and basolateral cell surfaces, respectively. These studies represent promising early steps towards designing artificial thyrocytes by thyroid gene transfer into MDCK cells.
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- Xiaoqing Zhang
- Division of Endocrinology and Departments of Developmental and Molecular Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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Doss-Pepe E, Deprez P, Inestrosa NC, Brodsky B. Interaction of collagen-like peptide models of asymmetric acetylcholinesterase with glycosaminoglycans: spectroscopic studies of conformational changes and stability. Biochemistry 2000; 39:14884-92. [PMID: 11101304 DOI: 10.1021/bi001108u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The effect of heparin on the conformation and stability of triple-helical peptide models of the collagen tail of asymmetric acetylcholinesterase expands our understanding of heparin interactions with proteins and presents an opportunity for clarifying the nature of binding of ligands to collagen triple-helix domains. Within the collagen tail of AChE, there are two consensus sequences for heparin binding of the form BBXB, surrounded by additional basic residues. Circular dichroism studies were used to determine the effect of the addition of increasing concentrations of heparin on triple-helical peptide models for the heparin binding domains, including peptides in which the basic residues within and surrounding the consensus sequence were replaced by alanine residues. The addition of heparin caused an increased triple-helix content with saturation properties for the peptide modeling the C-terminal site, while precipitation, with no increased helix content resulted from heparin addition to the peptide modeling the N-terminal site. The results suggest that the two binding sites with a similar triple-helical conformation have distinctive ways of interacting with heparin, which must relate to small differences in the consensus sequence (GRKGR vs GKRGK) and in the surrounding basic residues. Addition of heparin increased the thermal stability of all peptides containing the consensus sequence. Heparan sulfate produced conformational and stabilization effects similar to those of heparin, while chondroitin sulfate led to a cloudy solution, loss of circular dichroism signal, and a smaller increase in thermal stability. Thus, specificity in both the sequence of the triple helix and the type of glycosaminoglycan is required for this interaction.
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- E Doss-Pepe
- Department of Biochemistry, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
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Renné T, Dedio J, David G, Müller-Esterl W. High molecular weight kininogen utilizes heparan sulfate proteoglycans for accumulation on endothelial cells. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:33688-96. [PMID: 10843988 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m000313200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Kininogens, the high molecular weight precursor of vasoactive kinins, bind to a wide variety of cells in a specific, reversible, and saturable manner. The cell docking sites have been mapped to domains D3 and D5(H) of kininogens; however, the corresponding cellular acceptor sites are not fully established. To characterize the major cell binding sites for kininogens exposed by the endothelial cell line EA.hy926, we digested intact cells with trypsin and other proteases and found a time- and concentration-dependent loss of (125)I-labeled high molecular weight kininogen (H-kininogen) binding capacity (up to 82%), indicating that proteins are crucially involved in kininogen cell attachment. Cell surface digestion with heparinases similarly reduced kininogen binding capacity (up to 78%), and the combined action of heparinases and trypsin almost eliminated kininogen binding (up to 85%), suggesting that proteoglycans of the heparan sulfate type are intimately involved. Consistently, inhibitors such as p-nitrophenyl-beta-d-xylopyranoside and chlorate interfering with heparan sulfate proteoglycan biosynthesis reduced the total number of kininogen binding sites in a time- and concentration-dependent manner (up to 67%). In vitro binding studies demonstrated that biotinylated H-kininogen binds to heparan sulfate glycosaminoglycans via domains D3 and D5(H) and that the presence of Zn(2+) promotes this association. Cloning and over-expression of the major endothelial heparan sulfate-type proteoglycans syndecan-1, syndecan-2, syndecan-4, and glypican in HEK293t cells significantly increased total heparan sulfate at the cell surface and thus the number of kininogen binding sites (up to 3. 3-fold). This gain in kininogen binding capacity was completely abolished by treating transfected cells with heparinases. We conclude that heparan sulfate proteoglycans on the surface of endothelial cells provide a platform for the local accumulation of kininogens on the vascular lining. This accumulation may allow the circumscribed release of short-lived kinins from their precursor molecules in close proximity to their sites of action.
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- T Renné
- Institute for Biochemistry II, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University of Frankfurt, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, D-60590 Frankfurt, Germany
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Rusnati M, Taraboletti G, Urbinati C, Tulipano G, Giuliani R, Molinari-Tosatti MP, Sennino B, Giacca M, Tyagi M, Albini A, Noonan D, Giavazzi R, Presta M. Thrombospondin-1/HIV-1 tat protein interaction: modulation of the biological activity of extracellular Tat. FASEB J 2000; 14:1917-30. [PMID: 11023976 DOI: 10.1096/fj.99-0902com] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Tat protein, a trans-activating factor of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1, acts also as an extracellular molecule modulating gene expression, cell survival, growth, transformation, and angiogenesis. Here we demonstrate that human thrombospondin-1 (TSP), a plasma glycoprotein and constituent of the extracellular matrix, binds to glutathione-S-transferase (GST)-Tat protein but not to GST. Scatchard plot analysis of the binding of free GST-Tat to immobilized TSP reveals a high-affinity interaction (Kd equal to 25 nM). Accordingly, TSP inhibits cell internalization and HIV-1 LTR trans-activating activity of extracellular Tat in HL3T1 cells with ID50 equal to 10-30 nM. Also, TSP inhibits cell interaction and mitogenic activity of extracellular Tat in T53 Tat-less cells. TSP is instead ineffective when administered after the interaction of Tat with cell surface heparan-sulfate proteoglycans has occurred, in keeping with its ability to prevent but not disrupt Tat/heparin interaction in vitro. Finally, TSP inhibits the autocrine loop of stimulation exerted by endogenous Tat in parental T53 cells. Accordingly, TSP overexpression inhibits cell proliferation, angiogenic activity, and tumorigenic capacity of stable T53 transfectants. Our data demonstrate the ability of TSP to bind to Tat protein and to affect its LTR trans-activating, mitogenic, angiogenic, and tumorigenic activity. These findings suggest that TSP may be implicated in the progression of AIDS and in AIDS-associated pathologies by modulating the bioavailability and biological activity of extracellular Tat.
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- M Rusnati
- Chair of General Pathology and Immunology, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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Majluf-Cruz A, Manns JM, Uknis AB, Yang X, Colman RW, Harris RB, Frazier W, Lawler J, DeLa Cadena RA. Residues F16-G33 and A784-N823 within platelet thrombospondin-1 play a major role in binding human neutrophils: evaluation by two novel binding assays. THE JOURNAL OF LABORATORY AND CLINICAL MEDICINE 2000; 136:292-302. [PMID: 11039850 DOI: 10.1067/mlc.2000.109407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The thrombospondin-1 (TSP1) structural requirements within its heparin-binding domain (HBD)(30 kd) or within the other domains of the molecule (450 kd) that interact with neutrophils (PMNs) have not been delineated. Synthetic peptides based on the HBD, a TSP1 proteolytic fragment lacking the HBD, a large C-terminal domain of TSP1 (210 kd), a TSP1 recombinant fragment (rTSP1(784-932)), and a monoclonal antibody directed against the TSP1 type 3 repeats (mAb D4.6) were utilized to map such structural requirements on TSP1. Synthetic peptides containing a heparin-binding motif and encompassing residues F16-G33 or A74-S95 of TSP1 competed quantitatively with iodine 125-labeled TSP1 for binding to heparinagarose beads. However, only F16-G33 was a competitor of TSP1 binding to PMNs, suggesting that the sequence F16-G33 within the HBD plays a role in PMN binding. The interaction site within the 450-kd fragment was further narrowed. A TSP1 -derived proteolytic fragment (210 kd), a recombinant TSP1 fragment (rTSP1(784-932)), and a type 3 repeat anti-TSP1 monoclonal antibody (mAb D4.6) competed for the binding of 125I-labeled TSP1 to PMNs. The N-terminal of rTSP1(784-932) and C-terminal sequence analysis of TSP1-210 kd delineated the structural requirements for the second binding region for PMNs-namely, residues A784-N823.
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- A Majluf-Cruz
- Sol Sherry Thrombosis Research Center, Department of Physiology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA
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Yu H, Tyrrell D, Cashel J, Guo NH, Vogel T, Sipes JM, Lam L, Fillit HM, Hartman J, Mendelovitz S, Panel A, Roberts DD. Specificities of heparin-binding sites from the amino-terminus and type 1 repeats of thrombospondin-1. Arch Biochem Biophys 2000; 374:13-23. [PMID: 10640391 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.1999.1597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Interactions of heparin with intact human thrombospondin-1 (TSP1) and with two heparin-binding fragments of TSP1 were characterized using chemically modified heparins, a vascular heparan sulfate proteoglycan, and a series of heparin oligosaccharides prepared by partial deaminative cleavage. The avidity of TSP1 binding increased with oligosaccharide size, with plateaus at 4 to 6 and at 8 to 10 monosaccharide units. The dependence on oligosaccharide size for binding to the recombinant amino-terminal heparin-binding domain of TSP1 was the same as that of the intact TSP1 molecule but differed from that of a synthetic heparin-binding peptide from the type 1 repeats, suggesting that the interaction between intact TSP1 and heparin is primarily mediated by the amino-terminal domain. Based on activities of chemically modified heparins, binding to TSP1 depended primarily on 2-N- and 6-O-sulfation of glucosamine and to a lesser degree on 2,3-O-sulfation and the carboxyl residues of the uronic acids. In contrast, all of these modifications were required for binding of heparin to the type 1 repeat peptides. Affinity purification of heparin octasaccharides on immobilized TSP1 type 1 repeat peptides revealed a preference for oligosaccharides containing the disaccharide sequence IdoA(2-OSO(3))alpha1-4-GlcNS(6-OSO(3)). Binding of these oligosaccharides to the peptide required the Trp residues. These data demonstrate that the heparin-binding specificities of intact TSP1 and peptides from the type 1 repeats overlap with that of basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF2) and are consistent with the ability of these TSP1-derived molecules to inhibit FGF2-stimulated angiogenesis.
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- H Yu
- Laboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Enhanced Adherence of Sickle Erythrocytes to Thrombin-Treated Endothelial Cells Involves Interendothelial Cell Gap Formation. Blood 1998. [DOI: 10.1182/blood.v92.9.3445.421k24_3445_3454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The adherence of sickle erythrocytes to vascular endothelium has the capacity to initiate vasoocclusion. The known effects of thrombin on endothelial cell function and the increased activity of thrombin in sickle cell disease led us to examine the effect of thrombin on the adhesivity of cultured endothelial cells for sickle erythrocytes. In particular, we studied whether the effect of thrombin on interendothelial cell gap formation (ICGF) was involved in endothelial cell adhesivity for sickle erythrocytes. Those endothelial cell monolayers stimulated by thrombin to maximal levels of static sickle erythrocyte adherence also underwent striking cell contraction and enlargement of interendothelial cell gaps. Adhesivity also increased when gaps were induced with antilaminin antibodies or EDTA. Maximally adhesogenic thrombin conditions failed to increase adhesivity when gap formation was prevented by pretreatment of the monolayers with 8-bromo-cyclic adenosine monophosphate (bromo-cAMP) or glutaraldehyde, agents that respectively inhibit actin-myosin–dependent cell contraction or cross-link adjacent cells in the monolayer. The influence of these two agents on EDTA-enhanced adhesivity was linked to their ability to prevent gap formation. Glutaraldehyde prevented both increased adherence and gap formation; bromo-cAMP prevented neither. Interendothelial cell gap formation may contribute to vasoocclusion by facilitating sickle erythrocyte adherence.© 1998 by The American Society of Hematology.
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Enhanced Adherence of Sickle Erythrocytes to Thrombin-Treated Endothelial Cells Involves Interendothelial Cell Gap Formation. Blood 1998. [DOI: 10.1182/blood.v92.9.3445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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AbstractThe adherence of sickle erythrocytes to vascular endothelium has the capacity to initiate vasoocclusion. The known effects of thrombin on endothelial cell function and the increased activity of thrombin in sickle cell disease led us to examine the effect of thrombin on the adhesivity of cultured endothelial cells for sickle erythrocytes. In particular, we studied whether the effect of thrombin on interendothelial cell gap formation (ICGF) was involved in endothelial cell adhesivity for sickle erythrocytes. Those endothelial cell monolayers stimulated by thrombin to maximal levels of static sickle erythrocyte adherence also underwent striking cell contraction and enlargement of interendothelial cell gaps. Adhesivity also increased when gaps were induced with antilaminin antibodies or EDTA. Maximally adhesogenic thrombin conditions failed to increase adhesivity when gap formation was prevented by pretreatment of the monolayers with 8-bromo-cyclic adenosine monophosphate (bromo-cAMP) or glutaraldehyde, agents that respectively inhibit actin-myosin–dependent cell contraction or cross-link adjacent cells in the monolayer. The influence of these two agents on EDTA-enhanced adhesivity was linked to their ability to prevent gap formation. Glutaraldehyde prevented both increased adherence and gap formation; bromo-cAMP prevented neither. Interendothelial cell gap formation may contribute to vasoocclusion by facilitating sickle erythrocyte adherence.© 1998 by The American Society of Hematology.
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Liu S, Julian J, Carson DD. A peptide sequence of heparin/heparan sulfate (HP/HS)-interacting protein supports selective, high affinity binding of HP/HS and cell attachment. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:9718-26. [PMID: 9545307 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.16.9718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We previously have identified a novel cell surface heparan sulfate/heparin (HS/HP)-interacting protein (HIP) found in human uterine epithelia and a variety of other human epithelial and endothelial cells and cell lines (Liu, S., Smith, S. E., Julian, J., Rohde, L. H., Karin, N. J., and Carson, D. D. (1996) J. Biol. Chem. 271, 11817-11823; Rohde, L. H., Julian, J., Babaknia, A., and Carson, D. D. (1996) J. Biol. Chem. 271, 11824-11830). The amino acid sequence predicted for HIP revealed a potential HS/HP-binding motif. In the present studies, a synthetic peptide corresponding to this putative HS/HP-binding motif, HIP peptide, was synthesized and examined with regard to its HS/HP binding and cell attachment promoting activity. Results using solid phase binding assays demonstrate that HIP peptide binds HS/HP with high selectivity and has high affinity for bulk HP (50% saturation congruent with 300 nM) and even higher affinity for a subset of polysaccharides found in commercial [3H]HP (half-saturation congruent with 10 nM). Moreover, HIP peptide binds subsets of cell and extracellular matrix-associated HS and dermatan sulfate expressed by RL95 cells, a human uterine adenocarcinoma cell line. HIP peptide also binds a similar fraction of HS as well as dermatan sulfate expressed by JAR cells, a human choriocarcinoma cell line. In contrast to binding of cell- or extracellular matrix-associated HS, HIP peptide does not bind secreted or released forms of HS or DS from either RL95 or JAR cells to a significant extent. HS species that bind to HIP peptide are generally larger, have a higher negative charge density, and have a larger proportion of di- and trisulfated disaccharide units than HS species that do not bind to HIP peptide, demonstrating structural differences among these polysaccharides. This same peptide supports HS-dependent JAR cell attachment. Collectively, these data demonstrate that a linear peptide sequence found within HIP can account, at least in part, for the HS/HP binding and cell adhesion promoting activities of this protein.
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- S Liu
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Liu S, Hoke D, Julian J, Carson DD. Heparin/heparan sulfate (HP/HS) interacting protein (HIP) supports cell attachment and selective, high affinity binding of HP/HS. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:25856-62. [PMID: 9325317 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.41.25856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Heparin/heparan sulfate (HP/HS), HS proteoglycans, and their binding proteins play important roles in a variety of biological processes. Previously, we identified a novel cell surface HP/HS interacting protein (HIP) from human uterine epithelia and a variety of other human epithelial and endothelial cells and cell lines (Liu, S., Smith, S. E., Julian, J., Rohde, L. H., Karin, N. J., and Carson, D. D. (1996) J. Biol. Chem. 271, 11817-11823; Rohde, L. H., Julian, J., Babaknia, A., and Carson, D. D. (1996) J. Biol. Chem. 271, 11824-11830). In the current studies, we have purified and characterized HIP from HEC cells, a human uterine epithelial cell line, as well as recombinant HIP from a bacterial expression system. HIP supports attachment of the human trophoblastic cell line, JAR, in a HS-dependent fashion. Predigestion of JAR cells with a mixture of heparitinases, but not chondroitinase AC, abolished cell attachment to HIP. In addition, JAR cell attachment to HIP is highly sensitive to HP inhibition and much more selective for HP/HS than other glycosaminoglycans. Dermatan sulfate displays partial inhibitory activity as well, consistent with the observation that chondroitinase ABC digestion partially reduces JAR cell attachment to HIP. Solid-phase binding assays indicate HIP binds [3H]HP with high affinity (apparent KD = 8 nM). Furthermore, HIP bound cell surface/extracellular matrix-associated HS, expressed by RL95 cells, a human uterine epithelial cell line. Anti-HIP antibody generated against a synthetic peptide derived from a putative HP/HS-binding motif resident within HIP inhibited about half of [3H]HP binding to HIP, indicating that this domain is a functional HP-binding domain of HIP. Similarly, this same synthetic peptide motif of HIP could block about 50% of [3H]HP binding to HIP; however, this peptide almost completely inhibited cell attachment to HIP, suggesting a critical role, in this regard. Collectively, these results suggest that HIP can function as a HP/HS-binding cell-cell/cell-matrix adhesion molecule.
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- S Liu
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Lundberg F, Tegenfeldt JO, Montelius L, Ransjö U, Appelgren P, Siesjö P, Ljungh A. Protein depositions on one hydrocephalus shunt and on fifteen temporary ventricular catheters. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 1997; 139:734-42. [PMID: 9309288 DOI: 10.1007/bf01420046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Biomaterials are commonly used in modern medicine. Proteins are adsorbed to the surface of the biomaterial immediately after insertion. This report demonstrates the presence of adsorbed proteins in one infected cerebrospinal shunt from a child with hydrocephalus and on fifteen temporary ventricular catheters from adult patients with spontaneous or traumatic brain injuries. Depositions of vitronectin, fibrinogen and thrombospondin-fibronectin to some extent--on the shunt surface was imaged by field-emission scanning electron microscopy. Vitronectin, fibronectin, fibrinogen, and thrombospondin on the ventricular catheters were shown with radio-actively labelled antibodies. Furthermore, protein adsorption from human cerebrospinal fluid to heparinized and unheparinized polymers was studied under flowing conditions in vitro. On heparinized polymer, significantly reduced levels of vitronectin, fibronectin, and thrombospondin were exposed, as measured after 4 hours in vitro perfusion. After 24 hours perfusion, the differences in protein exposition between heparinized and unheparinized polymers were substantially reduced.
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- F Lundberg
- Department of Medical Microbiology, Lund University, Sweden
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Mikhailenko I, Krylov D, Argraves KM, Roberts DD, Liau G, Strickland DK. Cellular internalization and degradation of thrombospondin-1 is mediated by the amino-terminal heparin binding domain (HBD). High affinity interaction of dimeric HBD with the low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:6784-91. [PMID: 9045712 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.10.6784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1) is a large modular trimeric protein that has been proposed to play a diverse role in biological processes. Newly synthesized TSP-1 either is incorporated into the matrix or binds to the cell surface where it is rapidly internalized and degraded. TSP-1 catabolism is mediated by the low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein (LRP), a large endocytic receptor that is a member of the low density lipoprotein receptor family. Using adenovirus-mediated gene transfer experiments, we demonstrate that the very low density lipoprotein receptor can also bind and internalize TSP-1. An objective of the current investigation was to identify the portion of TSP-1 that binds to these endocytic receptors. The current studies found that the amino-terminal heparin binding domain (HBD, residues 1-214) of mouse TSP-1, when prepared as a fusion protein with glutathione S-transferase (GST), bound to purified LRP with an apparent KD ranging from 10 to 25 nM. Recombinant HBD (rHBD) purified following proteolytic cleavage of GST-HBD, also bound to purified LRP, but with an apparent KD of 830 nM. The difference in affinity was attributed to the fact that GST-HBD exists in solution as a dimer, whereas rHBD is a monomer. Like TSP-1, 125I-labeled GST-HBD or 125I-labeled rHBD were internalized and degraded by wild type fibroblasts that express LRP, but not by fibroblasts that are genetically deficient in LRP. The catabolism of both 125I-labeled GST-HBD and rHBD in wild type fibroblast was blocked by the 39-kDa receptor-associated protein, an inhibitor of LRP function. GST-HBD and rHBD both completely blocked catabolism of 125I-labeled TSP-1 in a dose-dependent manner, as did antibodies prepared against the HBD. Taken together, these data provide compelling evidence that the amino-terminal domain of TSP-1 binds to LRP and thus the recognition determinants on TSP-1 for both LRP and for cell surface proteoglycans reside within the same TSP-1 domain. Further, high affinity binding of TSP-1 to LRP likely results from the trimeric structure of TSP-1.
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- I Mikhailenko
- Holland Laboratory, American Red Cross, Rockville, Maryland 20855, USA
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Arvan P, Kim PS, Kuliawat R, Prabakaran D, Muresan Z, Yoo SE, Abu Hossain S. Intracellular protein transport to the thyrocyte plasma membrane: potential implications for thyroid physiology. Thyroid 1997; 7:89-105. [PMID: 9086577 DOI: 10.1089/thy.1997.7.89] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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We present a snapshot of developments in epithelial biology that may prove helpful in understanding cellular aspects of the machinery designed for the synthesis of thyroid hormones on the thyroglobulin precursor. The functional unit of the thyroid gland is the follicle, delimited by a monolayer of thyrocytes. Like the cells of most simple epithelia, thyrocytes exhibit specialization of the cell surface that confronts two different extracellular environments-apical and basolateral, which are separated by tight junctions. Specifically, the basolateral domain faces the interstitium/bloodstream, while the apical domain is in contact with the lumen that is the primary target for newly synthesized thyroglobulin secretion and also serves as a storage depot for previously secreted protein. Thyrocytes use their polarity in several important ways, such as for maintaining basolaterally located iodide uptake and T4 deiodination, as well apically located iodide efflux and iodination machinery. The mechanisms by which this organization is established, fall in large part under the more general cell biological problem of intracellular sorting and trafficking of different proteins en route to the cell surface. Nearly all exportable proteins begin their biological life after synthesis in an intracellular compartment known as the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), upon which different degrees of difficulty may be encountered during nascent polypeptide folding and initial export to the Golgi complex. In these initial stages, ER molecular chaperones can assist in monitoring protein folding and export while themselves remaining as resident proteins of the thyroid ER. After export from the ER, most subsequent sorting for protein delivery to apical or basolateral surfaces of thyrocytes occurs within another specialized intracellular compartment known as the trans-Golgi network. Targeting information encoded in secretory proteins and plasma membrane proteins can be exposed or buried at different stages along the export pathway, which is likely to account for sorting and specific delivery of different newly-synthesized proteins. Defects in either burying or exposing these structural signals, and consequent abnormalities in protein transport, may contribute to different thyroid pathologies.
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- P Arvan
- Division of Endocrinology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA
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Deprez PN, Inestrosa NC. Two heparin-binding domains are present on the collagenic tail of asymmetric acetylcholinesterase. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:11043-6. [PMID: 7744733 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.19.11043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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The collagen-tailed form of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) binds to heparin and heparan sulfate proteoglycans. We have employed synthetic peptides corresponding to the central collagenic region of the tail of AChE, to identify the heparin-binding domains of the tail of asymmetric AChE. Two putative heparin-binding consensus sequences were localized in the collagenic tail. Peptides containing such sequences (P-(145-159) and P-(249-262)) were able to release asymmetric AChE bound to heparin-agarose. A triple mutation, Asn-Asp-Gly-Gly instead of Arg-His-Gly-Arg, completely abolishes the capacity of the peptide P-(145-159) to elute AChE from the heparin column. Our results suggest that the interaction between the collagen-tailed AChE and proteoglycans is mediated by clusters of basic residues that form two belts around the triple helix of the collagenic tail.
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- P N Deprez
- Departamento de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago
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Legrand C, Morandi V, Mendelovitz S, Shaked H, Hartman JR, Panet A. Selective inhibition of platelet macroaggregate formation by a recombinant heparin-binding domain of human thrombospondin. ARTERIOSCLEROSIS AND THROMBOSIS : A JOURNAL OF VASCULAR BIOLOGY 1994; 14:1784-91. [PMID: 7947604 DOI: 10.1161/01.atv.14.11.1784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Thrombospondin (TSP) is a platelet alpha-granule adhesive protein that plays a critical role in the stabilization of thrombus by promoting the formation of platelet macroaggregates. We have recently shown that a monoclonal antibody (mAb) to the NH2-terminal heparin-binding domain of TSP, MAII, inhibits platelet aggregation induced by thrombin in a dose-dependent manner. In this study, we have expressed in Escherichia coli two recombinant proteins comprising residues 1 to 174 (TSP18) and 1 to 242 (TSP28) of TSP. After purification, both proteins reacted equally well with mAb MAII, whereas the reactivity of TSP18 for heparin was lower than that of TSP28 or native TSP. At micromolar concentrations, TSP18 and TSP28 inhibited the second wave of platelet aggregation and the concomitant release of [14C]5-hydroxytryptamine induced by ADP in citrated platelet-rich plasma as well as aggregation and secretion induced by a low concentration of thrombin in washed platelet suspensions. The proteins did not inhibit surface expression of endogenous TSP on activated platelets, as measured by the binding of radiolabeled mAb 5G11, indicating that they did not interfere with the primary binding of TSP to the plasma membrane. In contrast, in a solid-phase binding assay, the proteins inhibited in a dose-dependent manner (IC50, 0.1 and 0.06 mumol/L for TSP18 and TSP28, respectively) the binding of radiolabeled TSP to surface-adsorbed fibrinogen. Furthermore, specific and saturable binding of the proteins to immobilized fibrinogen was demonstrated by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The results suggest that interaction between the heparin-binding domain of TSP and membrane-bound fibrinogen may be critical in the platelet aggregation/secretion process.
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- C Legrand
- Unité 353 INSERM, Protéines Adhésives et Protéases des Cellules Vasculaires et Sanguines, Hôpital St Louis, Paris, France
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Morandi V, Edelman L, Legrand YJ, Legrand C. Characterization of a novel monoclonal antibody (V58A4) raised against a recombinant NH2-terminal heparin-binding fragment of human endothelial cell thrombospondin. FEBS Lett 1994; 346:156-60. [PMID: 8013625 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(94)00460-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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We report herein the characterization of a mouse monoclonal antibody (Mab) raised against the recombinant NH2-terminal heparin-binding domain (rHBD) of human endothelial cell thrombospondin (TSP). The antibody, a IgG1 (kappa), hereafter referred to as V58A4, reacted with two rHBD, TSPN18 and TSPN28 (i.e. 18 kDa and 28 kDa, respectively) with an affinity constant of 1.33 x 10(-8) M. However, V58A4 failed to recognize native or deglycosylated forms of TSP purified from platelets or endothelial cells, as well as a 25-30 kDa HBD fragment produced by limited proteolysis of native TSP. In contrast, Mab V58A4 was shown to react with larger HBD fragments (50-60 kDa) that were present in platelet or endothelial cell extracts and could be retained on a heparin-Sepharose column at low salt concentrations. These fragments also reacted with MA-II, a mouse Mab (IgG1), which recognizes both rHBD and HBD as well as intact TSP. Thus, V58A4 Mab appears to selectively recognize naturally occurring HBD fragments of TSP and may thus prove to be useful for detecting TSP proteolysis in situ under various physiopathological conditions.
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- V Morandi
- INSERM U 353, Hôpital Saint Louis, Paris, France
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Paulsson M, Gouda I, Larm O, Ljungh A. Adherence of coagulase-negative staphylococci to heparin and other glycosaminoglycans immobilized on polymer surfaces. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH 1994; 28:311-7. [PMID: 8077246 DOI: 10.1002/jbm.820280305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The adherence of clinical isolates of staphylococci to surfaces immobilized with various glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) was studied. In general, cells of strains of coagulase-negative (CNS) staphylococci showed a greater adherence to polyethylene surfaces than did cells of Staphylococcus aureus, as studied by bioluminescence. When the surface was heparinized, the adherence of staphylococcal cells decreased, but CNS cells still adhered in greater numbers than did cells of S. aureus. The adherence of CNS to serum-coated heparinized surfaces was of the same magnitude, or increased compared with nonheparinized surfaces. When the surfaces were preadsorbed with different proteins with known heparin-binding domains, i.e., vitronectin, fibronectin, laminin, or collagen, the S. epidermidis cells showed higher binding to heparinized surfaces than to nonheparinized ones, and also in greater numbers than did other staphylococcal cells. Different CNS strains showed a greater ability to agglutinate polystyrene beads immobilized with heparin than did S. aureus. The adherence of S. epidermidis strain 3380 to polyethylene coated with various GAGs such as heparin and chondroitin, dextran, dermatan, and heparan sulfate was shown to be pH-dependent, with the highest adherence at pH 7.2. This may indicate that CNS have the ability to bind to other domains of host proteins when they are adsorbed to heparinized surfaces, versus to nonheparinized ones.
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- M Paulsson
- Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Lund, Sweden
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Murphy-Ullrich JE, Gurusiddappa S, Frazier WA, Höök M. Heparin-binding peptides from thrombospondins 1 and 2 contain focal adhesion-labilizing activity. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)74381-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Lahav J. The functions of thrombospondin and its involvement in physiology and pathophysiology. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1993; 1182:1-14. [PMID: 8347680 DOI: 10.1016/0925-4439(93)90146-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The thrombospondin family of molecules is expressed in many different tissues. Its expression is highly regulated by different hormones and cytokines and is developmentally controlled. It can bind to many different cell types, probably via an array of receptors which are similarly regulated. The level of thrombospondins in body fluids and their distribution in tissue change in correlation with various pathological states. It is linked to the growth of primary tumors and to metastasis, to development of the atherosclerotic plaque, to malaria infection and other diseases. The role(s) of thrombospondin(s) are by and large unknown, though specific interaction seem to affect particular cell functions. The wide-spread spatial and temporal regulation, multiple interactions and correlation with major diseases imply important roles in cell function and call for concerted effort to unravel the mystery.
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- J Lahav
- Institute of Hematology, Beilinson Medical Center, Petah Tiqva, Israel
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- V M Dixit
- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor
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Thrombospondin is a 420,000-dalton adhesive glycoprotein that is composed of three subunits of equivalent molecular weight. When the cDNA for the complete coding region of the human endothelial cell thrombospondin subunit is expressed in mouse NIH 3T3 cells, a 420,000-dalton protein is synthesized and secreted. The expressed protein comigrates with human platelet thrombospondin both in the presence and in the absence of a reducing agent. The expressed protein binds to a monoclonal anti-thrombospondin antibody, heparin, and calcium. In addition to the 420,000-dalton protein, the transfected cell lines also express a variable amount of a 140,000-dalton polypeptide. When the culture supernatants that are produced by cells that are expressing thrombospondin are applied to heparin-Sepharose, the 420,000-dalton and the 140,000-dalton proteins are bound to the column and are eluted with buffer containing 0.55 and 0.3 M NaCl, respectively. The 140,000-dalton protein only binds to heparin-Sepharose in the presence of calcium. Deletion of the region of homology with procollagen results in defective assembly of the trimer. Deletion of the type 1 or type 2 repeats results in decreased stability of the subunit with the predominant polypeptides that are expressed having molecular weights of 127,000 and 130,000, respectively. These polypeptides retain low-affinity heparin-binding activity. High-affinity heparin binding is markedly diminished by mutations in either of two sequence motifs that include clusters of lysines and arginines.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- J Lawler
- Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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