title: Binding properties and protease stability of recombinant human nidogen.
abstract: Recombinant human nidogen was obtained from transfected kidney cell clones as a 150-kDa protein with a three-globule structure. It was modified by sulfation and O-glycosylation and a lower level of N-glycosylation than mouse nidogen. Recombinant nidogens of both species were, however, indistinguishable in their affinities for laminin-1 and a recombinant laminin gamma 1 chain fragment and showed a similar binding to collagen IV and the heparan sulfate proteoglycan perlecan. The two nidogens were also equivalent in the promotion of ternary complex formation between these ligands, indicating that this function has been conserved during mammalian evolution. Fewer zinc-binding sites could be identified in human nidogen and correlated with a lower capacity of zinc to prevent binding to laminin and collagen IV. Most remarkable was the greater sensitivity of human nidogen to endogenous proteolysis in cell culture, yielding fragments of 90-145 kDa. Studies with several exogenous proteases, including thrombin and leucocyte elastase, showed lack of stability of the N-terminal globular domain G1 in contrast to what was found for mouse nidogen. Since such degradation could be important for basement membrane remodelling, this difference between human and mouse may be biologically significant.
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, Martinsried, Germany.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Mayer
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zimmermann
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mann
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Reinhardt
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Timpl
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nischt
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D004355:Drug Stability; D010450:Endopeptidases / Q000378:metabolism; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D006801:Humans; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011485:Protein Binding; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D013045:Species Specificity; D014162:Transfection; D015032:Zinc / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C029967:nidogen; D010450:Endopeptidases; D015032:Zinc