title: Ligand binding properties of binary complexes of heparin and immunoglobulin-like modules of FGF receptor 2.
abstract: Epithelial cells, which express FGFR2IIIb, bind and respond to FGF-1, FGF-7 and FGF-10, but not FGF-2. Stromal cells, which bind and respond to FGF-1 and FGF-2, but not FGF-7 and FGF-10, express FGFR2IIIc or FGFR1IIIc. Here we show that when both isolated FGFR2betaIIIb and FGFR2betaIIIc or their common Ig module II are allowed to affinity select heparin from a mixture, the resultant binary complexes bound FGF-1, FGF-2, and FGF-7 with nearly equal affinity. In addition, FGF-2 and FGF-7 bound to both heparin-Ig module IIIb and IIIc complexes, but FGF-1 bound to neither Ig module III. The results show that in isolation both Ig modules II and III of FGFR2 can interact with heparin and that each exhibits a binding site for FGF. We suggest that the specificity of FGFR2IIIb and FGFR2IIIc is dependent on the cell membrane environment and heparin/heparan sulfate. Ig modules II and III cooperate both within monomers and across dimers with cellular heparan sulfates to confer cell type-dependent specificity of the FGFR complex for FGF.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University and Center for Cancer Biology and Nutrition, Houston 77030-3303, USA.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Uematsu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kan
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: McKeehan
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000187:drug effects; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D006493:Heparin / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000737:chemistry*; D008024:Ligands; D008954:Models, Biological; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D051381:Rats; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D051497:Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 2; D017468:Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012995:Solubility; D013379:Substrate Specificity / Q000187:drug effects; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D007136:Immunoglobulins; D008024:Ligands; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D017468:Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors; D006493:Heparin; C496356:Fgfr2 protein, rat; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D051497:Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 2