title: Expression of plasminogen/plasmin receptors on human glomerular epithelial cells.
abstract: The aim of the present study was to display plasminogen/plasmin receptors on human glomerular epithelial cell (HGEC) membranes and to determine the properties of receptor-bound plasminogen at the cell surface. Using an immortalized human glomerular epithelial cell line (E71-A1), we found a specific, saturable, and reversible binding of 125I-labeled plasminogen and 125I-labeled plasmin to HGEC that involved the lysine binding sites of both ligands. 125I-plasminogen and 125I-plasmin bound to the same receptors with different affinities: Kd = 1.20 +/- 0.08 and 0.30 +/- 0.05 microM, respectively (P < 0.001). The number of binding sites per cell was 6.00 +/- 0.56 x 10(6) for plasminogen and 2.00 +/- 0.47 x 10(6) for plasmin (P < 0.05). Similar receptor affinities were found on isolated glomeruli, on immortalized and nonimmortalized HGEC, and on purified HGEC membranes. The apparent kinetic constants of plasminogen activation by receptor-bound urokinase-type plasminogen activator (u-PA) compared with solution-phase u-PA [Michaelis constant (Km) = 0.80 +/- 0.54 vs. 3.15 +/- 0.78 microM, P < 0.0001; catalytic constant (kcat) = 0.39 +/- 0.17 vs. 0.50 +/- 0.29 s-1, not significant; kcat/Km = 0.57 +/- 0.35 vs. 0.16 +/- 0.11 microM-1.s-1, P < 0.05, respectively] showed a higher efficiency of plasminogen activation at the cell surface. When measured by a chromogenic assay using S22-51, receptor-bound plasmin activity on HGEC was partly protected from its inhibitor, alpha-2-antiplasmin, whereas solution-phase plasmin was not.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U 64, Hôpital Tenon, Paris, France.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Becquemont
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Peraldi
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Sraer
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rondeau
mesh_terms: D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004848:Epithelium / Q000378:metabolism; D005341:Fibrinolysin / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D010960:Plasminogen Activators / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism*; D018000:Receptors, Peptide / Q000378:metabolism*; D055293:Receptors, Urokinase Plasminogen Activator; D013997:Time Factors; D000979:alpha-2-Antiplasmin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: C524898:PLAUR protein, human; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D018000:Receptors, Peptide; D055293:Receptors, Urokinase Plasminogen Activator; D000979:alpha-2-Antiplasmin; C065181:plasmin receptor; D010960:Plasminogen Activators; D005341:Fibrinolysin