Laminin Alpha1 Chain Lg4 Module Promotes Cell Attachment Through Syndecans and Cell Spreading Through Integrin Alpha2beta1.
From: Molecular Biology Section, Craniofacial Developmental Biology and Regeneration Branch, NIDCR, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-4370, USA.
The Journal of biological chemistry
- Publish Date: Oct 2006
- ISSN: 0021-9258
- Volume: 281
- Issue: 43
- Pages: 32929-40
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Hozumi Kentaro, Suzuki Nobuharu, Nielsen Peter K, et al. Laminin Alpha1 Chain Lg4 Module Promotes Cell Attachment Through Syndecans and Cell Spreading Through Integrin Alpha2beta1.. J. Biol. Chem. Oct 2006;281:32929-40
Abstract
The laminin alpha1 chain is a subunit of laminin-1, a heterotrimeric basement membrane protein. The LG4-5 module at the C terminus of laminin alpha1 contains major binding sites for heparin, sulfatide, and alpha-dystroglycan and plays a critical role in early embryonic development. We previously identified active synthetic peptides AG73 and EF-1 from the sequence of laminin alpha1 LG4 for binding to syndecan and integrin alpha2beta1, respectively. However, their activity and functional relationship within the laminin-1 and LG4 as well as the functional relation between these sites and alpha-dystroglycan binding sites in LG4 are not clear. To address these questions, we created mutant recombinant LG4 proteins containing alanine substitutions within the AG73 (M1), EF-1 (M2, M3), and alpha-dystroglycan binding sites (M4, M5) and analyzed their activities. We found that recombinant proteins rec-M1 and rec-M5, containing mutations within M1 and M5, respectively, did not bind heparin or lymphoid cell lines expressing syndecans. These results suggest that LG4 binds to heparin and syndecans through M1 and M5. Rec-M1 and rec-M5 reduced fibroblast attachment, whereas mutant rec-M2 and rec-M3 retained cell attachment activity but did not promote cell spreading. Fibroblast attachment to rec-LG4 was inhibited by heparin but not by integrin antibodies. Spreading of fibroblasts on rec-LG4 was inhibited by anti-integrin alpha2 and beta1 but not by anti-integrin alpha1 and alpha6. These results suggest that the M1 and M5 sites are necessary for cell attachment on LG4 through syndecans and that the EF-1 site is for cell spreading activity through integrin alpha2beta1. In contrast, laminin-1-mediated fibroblast attachment and spreading were not inhibited by heparin or anti-integrin alpha2. Our findings indicate that LG4 has a unique function distinct from laminin-1 and suggest that laminin alpha1 LG4-5 may also be produced by a proteolytic cleavage in certain tissues where it exerts its activity.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Alanine, Amino Acid Substitution, Animals, Binding Sites, Cell Adhesion, Cell Line, Cell Movement, Cells, Cultured, Epithelial Cells, Fibroblasts, Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Direct, Heparin, Humans, Integrin alpha2beta1, Laminin, Male, Mice, Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, Recombinant Proteins, Skin, Syndecans
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