title: Regulation of eye derived growth factor binding to membranes by light, ATP or GTP in photoreceptor outer segments.
abstract: Eye derived growth factor II (EDGF II), the retinal form of acidic fibroblast growth factor (aFGF) is present in rod outer segments (ROS) purified in the dark, which display higher EDGF specific activity than all other parts of the retina. EDGF binds to ROS disc membranes upon illumination. This binding is not reversible in the dark. ATP, but not GTP, readily releases EDGF from either dark-adapted or previously bleached ROS. The release of EDGF activity from ROS membranes would require a phosphorylation mechanism since AMP-PNP, an ATP analogue, is not efficient. ROS membranes compete with cellular EDGF receptors of retinal pigment epithelial cells in vitro for the binding of labelled EDGF II, suggesting that they also possess specific binding sites. These data suggest that EDGF II is involved in photoreceptor cell biology.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U 86, Centre Biomédical des Cordeliers, Paris, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Plouët
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mascarelli
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Loret
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Faure
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Courtois
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000378:metabolism*; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007700:Kinetics; D008027:Light; D009799:Ocular Physiological Phenomena; D010786:Photoreceptor Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000528:radiation effects; D017468:Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor; D012374:Rod Cell Outer Segment / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000528:radiation effects
chemical_list: D006133:Growth Substances; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D017468:Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor; C039825:eye-derived growth factor; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate