title: Identification and characterization of the murine cell surface receptor for the urokinase-type plasminogen activator.
abstract: Cell-binding experiments have indicated that murine cells on their surface have specific binding sites for mouse urokinase-type plasminogen activator (u-PA). In contrast to the human system, chemical cross-linking studies with an iodinated ligand did not yield any covalent adducts in the murine system, but in ligand-blotting analysis, two mouse u-PA-binding proteins could be visualized. To confirm that these proteins are the murine counterpart of the human u-PA receptor (u-PAR), a peptide was derived from the murine cDNA clone assigned to represent the murine u-PAR due to cross-hybridization and pronounced sequence similarity with human u-PAR cDNA [Kristensen, P., Eriksen, J., Blasi, F. & Danø, K. (1991) J. Cell Biol. 115, 1763-1771]. A rabbit antiserum raised against this peptide specifically recognized two polypeptide bands with electrophoretic mobilities identical to those identified by ligand-blotting analysis. Binding of mouse u-PA to its receptor showed species specificity in ligand-blotting analysis, since mouse u-PA did not bind to human u-PAR and human u-PA did not bind to mouse u-PAR. The apparent M(r) of mouse u-PAR varied between different mouse cell lines and ranged over M(r) 45,000-60,000. In four of the cell lines, mouse u-PA bound to two mouse u-PAR variant proteins, whereas in the other two cell lines studied, there was only one mouse u-PA-binding protein. In the monocyte macrophage cell line P388D.1, trypsin-treatment of intact cells could remove only the large mouse u-PAR variant (M(r) 60,000) indicating that only this type was a cell-surface-exposed molecule. The smaller mouse u-PAR variant (M(r) 45,000), was deglycosylated by the enzyme endo-beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase H and is probably an intracellular precursor form carrying only high-mannose carbohydrate. Deglycosylation of this variant yielded a polypeptide with an apparent M(r) of about 30,000, which corresponds to the Mr calculated from the cDNA derived protein sequence of mouse u-PAR. Receptor-bound mouse u-PA could be released by phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C treatment, indicating that mouse u-PAR is attached to the cell surface by glycosylphosphatidylinositol. Purification of the two mouse u-PAR variant proteins by diisopropylfluorophosphate-inactivated mouse u-PA-Sepharose affinity chromatography yielded two silver-stained bands when analysed by SDS/PAGE, corresponding in electrophoretic mobility to those seen by ligand-blotting analysis.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Finsen Laboratory, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Solberg
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Løber
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Eriksen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ploug
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rønne
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Behrendt
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Danø
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Høyer-Hansen
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D007700:Kinetics; D008024:Ligands; D008264:Macrophages; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010455:Peptides / Q000138:chemical synthesis; D012313:RNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D055293:Receptors, Urokinase Plasminogen Activator; D013045:Species Specificity; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D008024:Ligands; C524898:PLAUR protein, human; D010455:Peptides; C524899:Plaur protein, mouse; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D055293:Receptors, Urokinase Plasminogen Activator; D012313:RNA; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate