scholarly journals Identification of a tumor cell receptor for VGVAPG, an elastin-derived chemotactic peptide.

1988 ◽  
Vol 107 (5) ◽  
pp. 1987-1993 ◽  
Author(s):  
C H Blood ◽  
J Sasse ◽  
P Brodt ◽  
B R Zetter
Keyword(s):  
Cell Surface ◽  
Tumor Cell ◽  
Tumor Cells ◽  
Chemotactic Response ◽  
Cell Surface Receptor ◽  
Size Exclusion ◽  
Scatchard Analysis ◽  
Affinity Binding ◽  
High Affinity Binding ◽  
High Affinity

Extracellular matrix proteins and their proteolytic products have been shown to modulate cell motility. We have found that certain tumor cells display a chemotactic response to degradation products of the matrix protein elastin, and to an elastin-derived peptide, VGVAPG. The hexapeptide VGVAPG is a particularly potent chemotaxin for lung-colonizing Lewis lung carcinoma cells (line M27), with 5 nM VGVAPG eliciting maximal chemotactic response when assayed in 48-microwell chemotaxis chambers. Binding of the elastin-derived peptide to M27 cells was studied using a tyrosinated analog (Y-VGVAPG) to allow iodination. Scatchard analysis of [125I]Y-VGVAPG binding to viable M27 tumor cells at both 37 and 4 degrees C indicates the presence of a single class of high affinity binding sites. The dissociation constant obtained from these studies (2.7 X 10(-9) M) is equivalent to the concentration of VGVAPG required for chemotactic activity. The receptor molecule was identified as an Mr 59,000 species by covalent cross-linking of the radiolabeled ligand to the M27 tumor cell surface and subsequent analysis of the cross-linked material by electrophoresis and size-exclusion high performance liquid chromatography. These results suggest that M27 tumor cell chemotaxis to VGVAPG is initiated by high affinity binding of the peptide to a distinct cell surface receptor.

scholarly journals Polarized fibronectin secretion and localized matrix assembly sites correlate with subendothelial matrix formation

Blood ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 75 (12) ◽  
pp. 2335-2342 ◽  
Author(s):  
AP Kowalczyk ◽  
RH Tulloh ◽  
PJ McKeown-Longo
Keyword(s):  
Endothelial Cells ◽  
Cell Surface ◽  
Binding Sites ◽  
Affinity Binding ◽  
Apical Surface ◽  
Matrix Assembly ◽  
High Affinity Binding ◽  
High Affinity ◽  
Fibronectin Matrix ◽  
Subendothelial Matrix

Abstract Endothelial cells in vivo form the interface between the vascular and interstitial compartments and are strategically located to mediate vascular permeability and hemostasis. One mechanism endothelial cells use to maintain a nonthrombogenic surface is to polarize basement membrane constituents to the basolateral cell surface. In the present study, we began characterization of the mechanisms used by endothelial cells in the assembly of a subcellular fibronectin matrix. Immunofluorescence microscopy was used to localize extracellular matrix fibronectin in endothelial cell cultures. In contrast to preconfluent and newly confluent cultures, post-confluent cultures assembled a fibronectin matrix that was restricted to the basolateral cell surface. To determine if endothelial cells polarize fibronectin secretion, Millicell culture inserts were used to distinguish proteins secreted from apical and basal surfaces. Preconfluent and newly confluent cultures secreted fibronectin equally into apical and basal media. In contrast, post-confluent endothelial cells secreted fibronectin preferentially into the basal chamber. The degree to which fibronectin secretion was polarized varied with time in culture and with the ability of the monolayers to act as a barrier to the movement of 125I- fibronectin from the apical to basal chamber. In addition, high affinity binding sites for exogenous 125I-fibronectin were found to be present on the basolateral, but not apical, surface of post-confluent endothelial monolayers. These results indicate that subendothelial matrix assembly correlates with polarized fibronectin secretion, culture confluence, and expression of high affinity binding sites for fibronectin on the basolateral cell surface.

High-affinity binding measurements of antibodies to cell-surface-expressed antigens

2008 ◽  
Vol 373 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Palaniswami Rathanaswami ◽  
John Babcook ◽  
Michael Gallo
Keyword(s):  
Cell Surface ◽  
Affinity Binding ◽  
High Affinity Binding ◽  
High Affinity

scholarly journals Polarized fibronectin secretion and localized matrix assembly sites correlate with subendothelial matrix formation

Blood ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 75 (12) ◽  
pp. 2335-2342
Author(s):  
AP Kowalczyk ◽  
RH Tulloh ◽  
PJ McKeown-Longo
Keyword(s):  
Endothelial Cells ◽  
Cell Surface ◽  
Binding Sites ◽  
Affinity Binding ◽  
Apical Surface ◽  
Matrix Assembly ◽  
High Affinity Binding ◽  
High Affinity ◽  
Fibronectin Matrix ◽  
Subendothelial Matrix

Endothelial cells in vivo form the interface between the vascular and interstitial compartments and are strategically located to mediate vascular permeability and hemostasis. One mechanism endothelial cells use to maintain a nonthrombogenic surface is to polarize basement membrane constituents to the basolateral cell surface. In the present study, we began characterization of the mechanisms used by endothelial cells in the assembly of a subcellular fibronectin matrix. Immunofluorescence microscopy was used to localize extracellular matrix fibronectin in endothelial cell cultures. In contrast to preconfluent and newly confluent cultures, post-confluent cultures assembled a fibronectin matrix that was restricted to the basolateral cell surface. To determine if endothelial cells polarize fibronectin secretion, Millicell culture inserts were used to distinguish proteins secreted from apical and basal surfaces. Preconfluent and newly confluent cultures secreted fibronectin equally into apical and basal media. In contrast, post-confluent endothelial cells secreted fibronectin preferentially into the basal chamber. The degree to which fibronectin secretion was polarized varied with time in culture and with the ability of the monolayers to act as a barrier to the movement of 125I- fibronectin from the apical to basal chamber. In addition, high affinity binding sites for exogenous 125I-fibronectin were found to be present on the basolateral, but not apical, surface of post-confluent endothelial monolayers. These results indicate that subendothelial matrix assembly correlates with polarized fibronectin secretion, culture confluence, and expression of high affinity binding sites for fibronectin on the basolateral cell surface.

Characterization of intestinal smooth muscle responses and binding sites for endothelin

1992 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 377-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordon T. Bolger ◽  
Francine Liard ◽  
Michel Garneau ◽  
Jorge Jaramillo
Keyword(s):  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Binding Sites ◽  
Contractile Activity ◽  
Benzodiazepine Receptor ◽  
Intestinal Smooth Muscle ◽  
Scatchard Analysis ◽  
Affinity Binding ◽  
Receptor Antagonists ◽  
High Affinity Binding ◽  
High Affinity

The contractile activity of and binding sites for endothelin-1 (ET-1) were investigated in isolated guinea-pig ileal longitudinal smooth muscle (GPILM). ET-1 produced concentration-dependent contractions of GPILM that either slowly subsided in the continued presence of ET-1 or rapidly subsided following washing of the tissue. The ED50 value for ET-1 contractions was 4.2 ± 1.3 × 10−9 M. The removal of extracellular calcium or pretreatment with nifedipine produced a complete inhibition of the contractions to ET-1. The IC50 value of nifedipine for inhibition of ET-1 mediated contractions was 3.0 ± 0.8 × 10−8 M. ET-1 produced a marked prolonged homologous desensitization of its contractile response but did not affect the responses mediated by carbachol, histamine, serotonin, substance P, and PLA2. High-affinity binding sites for 125I-labelled ET-1 were identified on microsomal membranes prepared from GPILM with Kd and Bmax values obtained by Scatchard analysis of 3.5 ± 0.6 × 10−10 M and 2138 ± 159 fmol/mg protein, respectively. The binding of 125I-labelled ET-1 to GPILM microsomes was characterized by a rapid association (kob value of 0.077 min−1 at a radioligand concentration of 0.45 nM and an extremely slow dissociation (kl value of 0.011 min−1; t1/2 value of 793 min). The binding was unaffected by the calcium channel antagonists nifedipine, verapamil, and diltiazem (10−6 M); the receptor antagonists phenoxybenzamine, atropine, and naloxone (10−6 M) and propranolol; and the peripheral benzodiazepine receptor antagonists Ro 5-4864 and PK 11195 and psychotomimetic drug phencyclidine (10−5 M). Incubation of GPILM with ET-1 (2 × 10−8 M) for 10 min followed by washing of the tissue for 1 h resulted in a significant (p < 0.05 unpaired Student's t-test) reduction (33%) of 125I-labelled ET-1 binding that partially recovered following 2 h of washing the tissue. These results demonstrate that ET-1 is an intestinal smooth muscle spasmogen that produces its pharmacologic effects by a mechanism(s) that is not shared by other major intestinal neurotransmitters. Furthermore, intestinal smooth muscle contains specific high-affinity binding sites that likely mediate the contractile responses to ET-1.Key words: intestine, smooth muscle, endothelin, calcium channels, contraction.

Specific high affinity binding of the calcium channel antagonist, [3H]nitrendipine, to rat liver microsomes

1984 ◽  
Vol 62 (9) ◽  
pp. 1249-1252 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Gopalakrishnan ◽  
C. R. Triggle
Keyword(s):  
Calcium Channel ◽  
Binding Site ◽  
Rat Liver ◽  
Scatchard Analysis ◽  
Displacement Curve ◽  
Affinity Binding ◽  
Rat Liver Microsomes ◽  
High Affinity Binding ◽  
High Affinity ◽  
Competitive Kinetics

Some key properties of the binding of [3H]nitrendipine, an analogue of the 1,4-dihydropyridine, nifedipine, to a plasma membrane enriched microsomal fraction from the rat liver are described. Specific binding was saturable, linear with protein concentration, and reversible. The apparent equilibrium dissociation constant, KD, was 4.20 ± 0.22 nM and the maximum density of binding, Bmax, was 3.02 ± 0.17 pmol/mg of protein determined from Scatchard analysis of binding at 10 °C. Inhibition of binding was specific for dihydropyridines with competitive inhibition being noted with nifedipine and 4-chloronifedipine, as well as BAY K-8644, a calcium channel agonist. A biphasic displacement curve was recorded for methoxy verapamil (D-600), and a triphasic competition curve with lanthanum (La3+), and diltiazem demonstrated competitive kinetics. The high affinity binding site for nitrendipine in the liver, although having some similar properties to those sites described in skeletal muscle, would appear to be distinctive with respect to its unique sensitivity to D-600 and diltiazem. We speculate that this binding site may represent a Ca2+ channel responsible for regulating Ca2+ influx and hepatic glycogenolysis.

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