title: Endocytosis of insulin-like growth factor II by a mini-receptor based on repeat 11 of the mannose 6-phosphate/insulin-like growth factor II receptor.
abstract: The mannose 6-phosphate/insulin-like growth factor II receptor (M6P/IGF-II receptor) plays an important role in controlling the extracellular level of the insulin-like growth factor II (IGF-II) by mediating its binding at the cell surface and delivery to lysosomes. Loss of the receptor is associated with an accumulation of IGF-II, which can cause perinatal lethality if it is systemic, or local proliferation and tumorgenesis if it is spatially restricted. The extracytoplasmic domain of the receptor consists of 15 homologous repeats, of which repeat 11 carries the IGF-II-binding site of the multifunctional receptor. To investigate whether repeat 11 is sufficient to mediate binding and internalization of IGF-II, a construct consisting of repeat 11 fused to the transmembrane and cytoplasmic domain of the M6P/IGF-II receptor was transfected into mouse embryonic fibroblasts. The construct was expressed as a stable membrane protein which binds IGF-II with a 10-fold lower affinity as observed for the M6P/IGF-II receptor and is found at the cell surface and in endosomes. It mediates the internalization of IGF-II and its delivery to lysosomes, suggesting that it can function as a IGF-II mini-receptor controlling the extracellular IGF-II level.
authors.affiliation: Zentrum Biochemie und Molekulare Zellbiologie, Abteilung Biochemie II, Universität Göttingen, Heinrich-Düker-Weg 12, 37073 Göttingen, Germany.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grimme
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Höning
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: von Figura
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schmidt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006224:Cricetinae; D004705:Endocytosis; D007335:Insulin-Like Growth Factor II / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D017527:Receptor, IGF Type 2 / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D020449:Repetitive Sequences, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D017527:Receptor, IGF Type 2; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D007335:Insulin-Like Growth Factor II