title: Cell-adhesive immunoglobulin M in human plasma.
abstract: Human plasma contains a cell-adhesive protein that has a structure related to immunoglobulins. This protein was purified by affinity chromatography on an elastin-Sepharose column and by Mono Q anion-exchange chromatography. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis under non-reducing and reducing conditions revealed that this protein is a kind of immunoglobulin M (IgM). Antibodies against the mu chain and against the Fc region of IgM inhibited the adhesion of cells to this protein. Addition of the peptide GRGDS into media inhibited the adhesion, too. These results suggest that this protein is a special subset of IgM having a cell-binding sequence in the Fc region. We propose the name "cell-adhesive immunoglobulin M (CA-IgM)" for this protein. CA-IgM binds to alpha-elastin and laminin suggesting that it may play a role in the interaction between cells and the extracellular matrix.
authors.affiliation: Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kuraishi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanabe
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kosuge
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakano
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fujimoto
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000276:immunology; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004549:Elastin / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005109:Extracellular Matrix / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000032:analysis* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007797:Laminin / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D051379:Mice; D011489:Protein Denaturation; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D001798:Blood Proteins; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D007797:Laminin; C051541:cell-binding immunoglobulin-like protein, human; D004549:Elastin