title: Purified alpha 2-macroglobulin receptor/LDL receptor-related protein binds urokinase.plasminogen activator inhibitor type-1 complex. Evidence that the alpha 2-macroglobulin receptor mediates cellular degradation of urokinase receptor-bound complexes.
abstract: Complexes between 125I-labeled urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) and plasminogen activator inhibitor type-1 (PAI-1) bound to purified alpha 2-macroglobulin (alpha 2M) receptor (alpha 2MR)/low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein (LRP). No binding was observed when using uPA. The magnitude of uPA.PAI-1 binding was comparable with that of the alpha 2MR-associated protein (alpha 2MRAP). Binding of uPA.PAI-1 was blocked by natural and recombinant alpha 2MRAP, and about 80% inhibited by complexes between tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA) and PAI-1, and by a monoclonal anti-PAI-1 antibody. In human monocytes, uPA.PAI-1, like uPA and its amino-terminal fragment, bound to the urokinase receptor (uPAR). Degradation of uPAR-bound 125I-uPA.PAI-1 was 3-4-fold enhanced as compared with uncomplexed uPAR-bound uPA. The inhibitor-enhanced uPA degradation was blocked by r alpha 2MRAP and inhibited by polyclonal anti-alpha 2MR/LRP antibodies. This is taken as evidence for mediation of internalization and degradation of uPAR-bound uPA.PAI-1 by alpha 2MR/LRP.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medical Biochemistry, University of Aarhus, Denmark.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nykjaer
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Petersen
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Møller
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Moestrup
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Holtet
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Etzerodt
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Thøgersen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Munch
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Andreasen
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D015153:Blotting, Western; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004705:Endocytosis; D006801:Humans; D026503:Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein-1; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015849:Plasminogen Inactivators / Q000378:metabolism*; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism*; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000378:metabolism*; D055293:Receptors, Urokinase Plasminogen Activator; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / Q000378:metabolism*; D000511:alpha-Macroglobulins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D026503:Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein-1; C524898:PLAUR protein, human; D015849:Plasminogen Inactivators; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D055293:Receptors, Urokinase Plasminogen Activator; D000511:alpha-Macroglobulins; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator