title: Assignment of the binding site for tissue plasminogen activator on human fibronectin.
abstract: The tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) has been found to bind reversibly to human fibronectin (Fn). To locate the binding site on Fn for t-PA, the Fn was degraded with N-tosyl-L-phenylalanyl chloromethyl ketone-treated trypsin, and the resulting fragments were monitored by the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay method for t-PA binding activities. A 20-kDa fragment with t-PA binding activity was identified, separated, and purified. It was subjected to further degradation with Staphylococcus aureus proteinase V8. An active 10-kDa fragment was finally purified by reverse-phase high pressure liquid chromatography on a C3 column. The dissociation constants of the binding of Fn and the 10-kDa fragment to t-PA were estimated by Scatchard plot to be 1.13 x 10(-8) and 2.08 x 10(-8) M, respectively. The 10-kDa fragment was sequenced and proved to be located at the 8-9th domains of type I homology of Fn. Based on the structural analysis of the 8-9th domains, a heptadecapeptide corresponding to the sequence Thr535-Glyl551 of Fn, which resided at the large disulfide loop of domain (I-9), was designed and synthesized. Both the 10-kDa fragment and the synthetic peptide could competitively inhibit the binding of Fn to t-PA. The synthetic peptide showed about one-tenth of the binding activity of Fn to t-PA with a dissociation constant of 1.35 x 10(-7) M and was proved to be the binding region of Fn for t-PA. In addition, like the intact Fn, both the 10-kDa fragment and the synthetic peptide could remarkably enhance the amidolytic activity of t-PA in a dose-dependent manner, as shown by using S-2288 as a chromogenic substrate.
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry, Academia Sinica, China.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: X H
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Z Y
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Chi
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D005353:Fibronectins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005353:Fibronectins; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator