title: Hepatic expression, synthesis and secretion of a novel fibrinogen/angiopoietin-related protein that prevents endothelial-cell apoptosis.
abstract: Using degenerate PCR we isolated a cDNA encoding a novel 406- and 410-amino acid protein from human and mouse embryonic cDNAs and have designated it 'hepatic fibrinogen/angiopoietin-related protein' (HFARP). The N-terminal and C-terminal portions of HFARP contain the characteristic coiled-coil domains and fibrinogen-like domains that are conserved in angiopoietins. In human and mouse tissues, HFARP mRNA is specifically expressed in the liver. HFARP mRNA and protein are mainly present in the hepatocytes. HFARP has a highly hydrophobic region at the N-terminus that is typical of a secretory signal sequence and one consensus glycosylation site. Recombinant HFARP expressed in COS-7 cells is secreted and glycosylated. HFARP protein is present not only in the hepatocytes, but also in the circulating blood. Recombinant HFARP acts as an apoptosis survival factor for vascular endothelial cells, but does not bind to Tie1 or Tie2 (endothelial-cell tyrosine kinase receptors). These results suggest that HFARP may exert a protective function on endothelial cells through an endocrine action.
authors.affiliation: National Creative Research Initiatives Center for Cardiac Regeneration, Institute of Cardiovascular Research, Chonbuk National University School of Medicine, Chonju, 560-180, Korea.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Uhm
authors.forename: Z H
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: G Y
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Koh
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000091302:Angiopoietin-Like Protein 2; D000075803:Angiopoietin-Like Protein 4; D000075802:Angiopoietin-like Proteins; D042682:Angiopoietins; D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004261:DNA Replication; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000166:cytology*; D006801:Humans; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011485:Protein Binding; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D042810:Receptor, TIE-1; D042787:Receptor, TIE-2; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism; D042764:Receptors, TIE; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: C485792:ANGPTL2 protein, human; D000091302:Angiopoietin-Like Protein 2; D000075803:Angiopoietin-Like Protein 4; D000075802:Angiopoietin-like Proteins; D042682:Angiopoietins; C407088:Angptl4 protein, mouse; D001798:Blood Proteins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D042810:Receptor, TIE-1; D042787:Receptor, TIE-2; D042764:Receptors, TIE