title: Expression and characterisation of a very-late antigen-4 (alpha 4 beta 1) integrin-binding fragment of vascular cell-adhesion molecule-1.
abstract: We have used an Escherichia coli expression system to produce forms of vascular cell-adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) containing the first two and three supposed immunoglobulin-like domains. A form consisting of the first two domains of VCAM-1 is shown to promote very-late antigen-4-dependent spreading of a melanoma cell line comparable to that found for the equivalent region in the full seven-domain form. Preliminary structural analysis by CD and NMR is consistent with an immunoglobulin fold which is predicted from sequence comparison studies.
authors.affiliation: British Biotech, Cowley, Oxford, England.
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Dudgeon
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Bottomley
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Driscoll
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Humphries
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Mould
authors.forename: G I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Wingfield
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Clements
mesh_terms: D001665:Binding Sites; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000494:pharmacology; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D039041:Integrin alpha4beta1; D016023:Integrins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000494:pharmacology; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D016029:Receptors, Very Late Antigen / Q000378:metabolism*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D019010:Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1
chemical_list: D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D039041:Integrin alpha4beta1; D016023:Integrins; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D016029:Receptors, Very Late Antigen; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D019010:Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1