title: Evidence for the location of a binding sequence for the alpha 2 beta 1 integrin of endothelial cells, in the beta 1 subunit of laminin.
abstract: To date no specific location on laminin 1 for the binding of alpha 2 beta 1 integrin has been described, although recent evidence supports a location in the E1XNd fragment of the cross region. We have identified a peptide sequence from this region, in the beta 1 chain of laminin 1, YGYYGDALR, which inhibits the adhesion of endothelial cells to laminin 1 and type-IV collagen. A structurally related sequence from the CNBr-cleaved fragment CB3 of the alpha 1 chain of collagen type IV, FYFDLR, inhibits endothelial cell adhesion to both collagen types I and IV and laminin 1. The CB3 fragment containing the FYFDLR sequence has been shown to contain binding sites for both alpha 1 beta 1 and alpha 2 beta 1 integrins. Present experiments with anti-integrin antibodies indicate that the alpha 2 beta 1 integrin on endothelial cells can account for all the cell binding to collagen types I and IV, and that this integrin makes a major contribution towards the adhesion of these cells to laminin 1. We therefore propose that the peptide FYFDLR participates in alpha 2 beta 1 binding to collagen type IV and that the putatively structurally similar peptide, YGYYGDALR, participates in alpha 2 beta 1 binding to laminin 1. This is the first account of structurally related peptide sequences from laminin 1 and type-IV collagen which show reciprocal inhibition of cell adhesion to either ligand and which might form part of a common integrin-binding site, as well as the first suggestion of a precise location contributing to the alpha 2 beta 1 integrin binding site on laminin 1.
authors.affiliation: CSIRO Division of Biomolecular Engineering, Sydney Laboratory, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Underwood
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kirkpatrick
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Bean
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Moss
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D001665:Binding Sites; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D006493:Heparin / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D016023:Integrins / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D007797:Laminin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010455:Peptides / Q000494:pharmacology; D038981:Receptors, Collagen
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D016023:Integrins; D007797:Laminin; D010455:Peptides; D038981:Receptors, Collagen; D006493:Heparin