title: Isolation of a receptor for acidic and basic fibroblast growth factor from embryonic chick.
abstract: A receptor for acidic and basic fibroblast growth factors (aFGF and bFGF, respectively) was isolated from 7-day embryonic chick. Chromatography of solubilized membrane proteins on wheat germ agglutininagarose and aFGF-Sepharose yielded three major polypeptides migrating at 150, 70, and 45 kDa as determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. These polypeptides were eluted from aFGF-Sepharose with either 1.0 M NaCl or 100 micrograms/ml heparin, but were not retained on underivatized Sepharose. Cross-linking of 125I-aFGF or 125I-bFGF to either crude membrane preparations or to purified fractions yielded a 165-kDa complex, suggesting the existence of a 150-kDa FGF receptor after subtraction of approximately 15 kDa for 125I-FGF. Addition of excess aFGF or bFGF competed for binding of either 125I-aFGF or 125I-bFGF to FGF receptor preparations. Purified FGF receptor fractions were subjected to sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, transferred to Immobilon membranes, and incubated with 125I-aFGF or 125I-bFGF in order to identify FGF-binding polypeptides. Bound 125I-aFGF and 125I-bFGF were displaced by aFGF and bFGF, but not epidermal growth factor, consistent with the identification of the 150-kDa polypeptide as a receptor for acidic and basic FGF. Treatment of purified FGF receptor fractions with N-glycanase demonstrated that the 150-kDa polypeptide contained approximately 10 kDa of N-linked oligosaccharide. The apparent molecular mass of the 150-kDa polypeptide was unaffected by treatment with heparitinase, indicating that the 150-kDa polypeptide is not a heparan sulfate proteoglycan. Together, these data suggest that the 150-kDa polypeptide is a FGF receptor that may mediate the biological activities of aFGF and bFGF.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706.
authors.forename: L W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Burrus
authors.forename: B B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Olwin
mesh_terms: D000581:Amidohydrolases / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000032:analysis*; D002642:Chick Embryo; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000032:analysis; D043524:Peptide-N4-(N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminyl) Asparagine Amidase; D011133:Polysaccharide-Lyases / Q000378:metabolism; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017468:Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor; D013388:Succinimides
chemical_list: D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D009844:Oligosaccharides; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D017468:Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor; D013388:Succinimides; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors; D000581:Amidohydrolases; D043524:Peptide-N4-(N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminyl) Asparagine Amidase; D011133:Polysaccharide-Lyases; C021349:heparitinsulfate lyase; C019358:disuccinimidyl suberate