Purification of the human alveolar macrophage mannose receptor.
We report here the first isolation of a mannose receptor from human lung, and identify the alveolar macrophage as the cell of origin. The receptor was purified from detergent-solubilized lung tissue by absorption to mannose- and fucose-Sepharose, and elution with EDTA. The eluted protein had a molecular weight of 175 kD. Maximum binding of 125I-mannan-2 to the isolated receptor occurred at pH 7.5. Binding was inhibited by 40 micrograms/ml mannan (75%); 200 mM mannose (89%); and 200 mM fucose (93%). Galactose (200 mM) had no effect. Polyclonal antibodies raised against the purified receptor reacted with the purified 175 kD protein and a 175 kD protein from detergent extracts of human alveolar macrophages by immunoblot analysis. The antibody immunoprecipitated a 175 kD protein from solubilized 125I-labeled human alveolar macrophage membranes. These studies indicate that the 175 kD protein purified from human lung is the cell surface alveolar macrophage mannose receptor.
Stephenson
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Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee, Memphis 38163.
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D001667:Binding, Competitive; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D037181:Lectins, C-Type; D008168:Lung; D008264:Macrophages / Q000378:metabolism*; D008358:Mannose / Q000378:metabolism; D000090323:Mannose Receptor; D037241:Mannose-Binding Lectins; D008970:Molecular Weight; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism
D037181:Lectins, C-Type; D000090323:Mannose Receptor; D037241:Mannose-Binding Lectins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D008358:Mannose