title: Characterization of rod outer segment plasma membrane proteins which bind to the mannose receptor.
abstract: Previous work by our laboratory has demonstrated that rod outer segment (ROS) phagocytosis can be mediated by mannose-receptor dependent activity. This study was designed to probe for potential ligands on the ROS surface which could interact with the mannose receptor during the phagocytic cycle. Solubilized ROS plasma membranes were passed over a mannose receptor-Sepharose column in the presence of CaCl2. Proteins specifically bound to the column were eluted using methyl-D-mannoside and EDTA and characterized by gel electrophoresis, lectin blots, and immunoblots. Silver stained gels of ROS plasma membrane proteins eluted from the mannose-receptor column demonstrated six bands: a major band at 36 kD, identified by monospecific antibodies as rhodopsin, and bands of Mr = 39 kD, 67 kD, 76 kD, 97 kD and 100 kD. Lectin blots of the eluted fractions confirmed that all six proteins in these fractions could bind concanavalin A. In summary, these results showed that rhodopsin and several other mannose-containing glycoproteins on ROS plasma membranes were bound to a mannose receptor column, and thus could serve as ligands for mannose receptor-mediated ROS phagocytosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kentucky Lions Eye Research Institute, University of Louisville School of Medicine 40292, USA.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Lutz
authors.forename: V L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Shepherd
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Boyle
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: McLaughlin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D015151:Immunoblotting; D037102:Lectins; D037181:Lectins, C-Type; D008024:Ligands; D000090323:Mannose Receptor; D037241:Mannose-Binding Lectins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010587:Phagocytosis; D051381:Rats; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism*; D012243:Rhodopsin / Q000378:metabolism; D012374:Rod Cell Outer Segment / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure
chemical_list: D037102:Lectins; D037181:Lectins, C-Type; D008024:Ligands; D000090323:Mannose Receptor; D037241:Mannose-Binding Lectins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D012243:Rhodopsin