title: Cellular receptor for urokinase plasminogen activator. Carboxyl-terminal processing and membrane anchoring by glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol.
abstract: The cellular receptor for human urokinase-type plasminogen activator (u-PAR) is shown by several independent criteria to be a true member of a family of integral membrane proteins, anchored to the plasma membrane exclusively by a COOH-terminal glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol moiety. 1) Amino acid analysis of u-PAR after micropurification by affinity chromatography and N-[2-hydroxy-1,1-bis(hydroxymethyl)-ethyl]glycine-sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis revealed the presence of 2-3 mol of ethanolamine/mol protein. 2) Membrane-bound u-PAR is efficiently released from the surface of human U937 cells by trace amounts of purified bacterial phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C. This soluble form of u-PAR retains the binding specificity toward both u-PA and its amino-terminal fragment holding the receptor-binding domain. 3) Treatment of purified u-PAR with phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C or mild alkali completely alters the hydrophobic properties of the receptor as judged by temperature-induced detergent-phase separation and charge-shift electrophoresis. 4) Biosynthetic labeling of u-PAR was obtained with [3H]ethanolamine and myo-[3H]inositol. 5) Finally, comparison of amino acid compositions derived from cDNA sequence and amino acid analysis shows that a polypeptide of medium hydrophobicity is excised from the COOH terminus of the nascent u-PAR. A similar proteolytic processing has been reported for other proteins that are linked to the plasma membrane by a glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol membrane anchor.
authors.affiliation: Finsen Laboratory, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Blasi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Danø
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D019856:Ethanolamine; D004983:Ethanolamines / Q000378:metabolism; D006017:Glycolipids / Q000378:metabolism; D017261:Glycosylphosphatidylinositols; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008970:Molecular Weight; D043265:Phosphatidylinositol Diacylglycerol-Lyase; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000378:metabolism; D054801:Phosphoinositide Phospholipase C; D010727:Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000378:metabolism; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism*; D055293:Receptors, Urokinase Plasminogen Activator; D012995:Solubility; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D004983:Ethanolamines; D006017:Glycolipids; D017261:Glycosylphosphatidylinositols; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; C524898:PLAUR protein, human; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D011134:Polysaccharides; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D055293:Receptors, Urokinase Plasminogen Activator; D019856:Ethanolamine; D010727:Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases; D054801:Phosphoinositide Phospholipase C; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator; D043265:Phosphatidylinositol Diacylglycerol-Lyase