title: Multiple very late antigen (VLA) heterodimers on platelets. Evidence for distinct VLA-2, VLA-5 (fibronectin receptor), and VLA-6 structures.
abstract: After removal of very late antigen (VLA) 2 material from a radiolabeled detergent lysate of platelets, another VLA heterodimer was precipitated using antibody to the common VLA beta subunit. This structure was identified as VLA-5 because it contained VLA beta plus an alpha subunit that was (i) recognized by anti-alpha 5 antibodies and (ii) cleaved by V8 protease to yield a characteristic alpha 5-like pattern of peptide fragments. Besides VLA-2 and VLA-5, a third heterodimer, here named VLA-6, was also present on platelets. VLA-6 (an alpha 6 beta complex) was defined using the monoclonal antibody GoH3 (Sonnenberg, A., Janssen, H., Hogervorst, F., Calafat, J., and Hilgers, J. (1987) J. Biol. Chem. 262, 10376-10383). Although it resembled VLA-5 in size, VLA-6 was different from VLA-5 because (i) removal of the alpha 5 subunit did not remove alpha 6, (ii) removal of alpha 6 by the GoH3 antibody did not remove alpha 5, (iii) the alpha 5 and alpha 6 subunits had very distinct one-dimensional V8 peptide maps, and (iv) the alpha 6 and alpha 5 subunits had distinct migration patterns on two-dimensional O'Farrell gels. The beta subunit of VLA-6 was identified as the common VLA beta subunit because (i) it was recognized by anti-VLA beta antibody and (ii) it yielded a V8 protease cleavage map characteristic of beta. VLA-6 was not readily seen in anti-VLA beta immunoprecipitations, apparently because the alpha 6 subunit is only loosely or partially associated with the VLA beta subunit. Because VLA-5 and VLA-6 both closely resemble the previously defined Ic-IIa platelet protein complex, it is likely that there is more than one platelet "Ic" protein complexed with IIa.
authors.affiliation: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Hemler
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Crouse
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takada
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sonnenberg
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000943:Antigens, Differentiation / Q000032:analysis*; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000032:analysis*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006801:Humans; D007525:Isoelectric Focusing; D010449:Peptide Mapping; D010980:Platelet Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000032:analysis; D017469:Receptors, Fibronectin; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000032:analysis*; D016029:Receptors, Very Late Antigen; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000943:Antigens, Differentiation; D010980:Platelet Membrane Glycoproteins; D017469:Receptors, Fibronectin; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D016029:Receptors, Very Late Antigen; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases; C028344:glutamyl endopeptidase