title: [Endogenous Tumor necrosis factor alpha unmasks the binding sites for N-acetylglucosaminyl-(beta1-4)-N-acetylmuramyl-alanyl-D-isoglutamine on the surface of melanoma cells].
abstract: The surface of the melanoma BRO cells was shown to contain binding sites for N-acetylglucosaminyl-(beta 1-4)-N-acetylmuramyl-alanyl-D-isoglutamine (GMDP). Their number (1500 +/- 200 per cell) and affinity (Kd = 10 +/- +/- 1.2 nM) were determined. The occurrence of these sites was found to correlate with the ability of the melanoma cells to react in vitro with GMDP by increasing the expression of melanoma-associated antigens (MAA). An increased number of the GMDP binding sites (5200 +/- 500 per cell) was observed upon treating the melanoma BRO cells with tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha). The mechanism of the TNF-alpha action most likely involves the unmasking of GMDP binding sites, initially expressed on the cell surface, by activating the endogenous protease that hydrolyzes surface proteins, in particular, highly glycosylated LAMP-2 protein exposed on the melanoma cell surface.
authors.affiliation: Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Miklukho-Maklaya 16/10, GSP Moscow, 117997 Russia.
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Petrova
authors.forename: T I
authors.initials: TI
authors.lastname: Valiakina
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Khaĭdukov
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Nesmeianov
mesh_terms: D000119:Acetylmuramyl-Alanyl-Isoglutamine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism*; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000378:metabolism; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000378:metabolism; D001665:Binding Sites; D006801:Humans; D006868:Hydrolysis; D051907:Lysosomal Membrane Proteins; D008545:Melanoma / Q000378:metabolism*; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D051907:Lysosomal Membrane Proteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D000119:Acetylmuramyl-Alanyl-Isoglutamine; C063429:glucosaminylmuramyl-2-alanine-D-isoglutamine