Binding of tissue plasminogen activator to human monocytes and monocytoid cells.
Monocytes and monocytoid cell lines previously have been shown to express receptors for plasminogen and urokinase (u-PA). In the present study, the monocytoid cell lines, U937 and THP-1, are shown to bind tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) in a specific, saturable, and reversible manner. These cells bound t-PA with low affinity (kd = 0.67 to 0.97 mumol/L) and high capacity (0.71 to 3.3 x 10(6) receptors/cell). Human peripheral blood monocytes bound t-PA with a kd (0.9 mumol/L) similar to that of the monocytoid cells but with a lower capacity (0.17 x 10(6) sites/cell). These binding parameters also were similar to the low-affinity interaction of t-PA with endothelial cells as measured with the cells in suspension (kd = 0.73 mumol/L and 1.1 x 10(6) sites/cell). Lysine analogues and active or diisopropylfluorophosphate-inactivated u-PA inhibited t-PA binding to monocytes, monocytoid cells, and endothelial cells with similar IC50 (concentration producing 50% inhibition) values, suggesting that the same recognition specificity mediates t-PA binding to all of these cell types. The existence of a high-affinity binding site for t-PA on monocytoid cells was also explored in detail. Unlike endothelial cells where plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 has been implicated in mediating a high-affinity interaction of t-PA with the cells, no evidence for a role of this inhibitor in ligand binding to the monocytoid cells was found. Furthermore, using both high and low 125I-t-PA concentrations, competition analyses with lysine analogues or u-PA, or treatment of the cells with carboxypeptidase B, failed to indicate the presence of distinguishable classes of t-PA binding sites. In sum, low-affinity receptors for t-PA are expressed at high density on monocytes and monocytoid cells, identifying a new element in the fibrinolytic arsenal of these cells.
Committee on Vascular Biology, Research Institute of Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA 92037.
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D001120:Arginine / Q000494:pharmacology; D001665:Binding Sites; D002460:Cell Line; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000378:metabolism; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007531:Isoflurophate / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D008239:Lysine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D009000:Monocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator / Q000378:metabolism*; D014471:Umbilical Veins; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / Q000494:pharmacology
D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D007531:Isoflurophate; D001120:Arginine; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator; D008239:Lysine