title: Heparin-dependent binding and autophosphorylation of epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor by heparin-binding EGF-like growth factor but not by EGF.
abstract: Heparin-binding EGF-like growth factor (HB-EGF) is a recently identified member of the EGF family of growth factors and a potent mitogen for smooth muscle cells and fibroblasts. Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells genetically engineered to express the human EGF receptor bind with high affinity both EGF and HB-EGF. CHO mutant cells lacking heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPG) bind EGF equally well to wild-type cells and EGF binding is not affected by exogenous heparin. However, HSPG-deficient EGF receptor-expressing cells do not bind significant levels of HB-EGF unless heparin is present in the binding medium. Moreover, binding of radiolabeled EGF to HSPG-deficient EGF receptor-expressing cells is efficiently displaced by nonlabeled HB-EGF only in the presence of heparin. Signal transduction by the EGF receptor tyrosine kinase as evidenced by receptor autophosphorylation is induced by HB-EGF only in the presence of heparin, in contrast to EGF-induced receptor autophosphorylation, which is independent of heparin. These results directly demonstrate that HB-EGF but not EGF requires heparin or cell surface HSPG for binding and activation of the EGF receptor and that HB-EGF receptor interactions can be tightly regulated by the available local concentration of heparin-like molecules.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Aviezer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yayon
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D016466:CHO Cells; D006224:Cricetinae; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D006493:Heparin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D066257:Heparin-binding EGF-like Growth Factor; D006801:Humans; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D007700:Kinetics; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011485:Protein Binding; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; C587883:HBEGF protein, human; D066257:Heparin-binding EGF-like Growth Factor; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D006493:Heparin; D066246:ErbB Receptors