title: beta 1-Integrin-mediated glioma cell adhesion and free radical-induced apoptosis are regulated by binding to a C-terminal domain of PG-M/versican.
abstract: Integrins are cell-surface glycoproteins that mediate cell activities, including tissue morphogenesis, development, immune response, and cancer, through interaction with extracellular proteins. Here we report a novel means by which integrin signaling and functions are regulated. In pull-down assays and immunoprecipitation, beta(1)-integrin bound to the C-terminal domain of PG-M/versican, an extracellular chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan. This was confirmed by cell-surface binding assays. Binding was calcium- and manganese-dependent. Upon native gel electrophoresis, beta(1)-integrin comigrated with the C-terminal domain of PG-M/versican. The interaction of beta(1)-integrin with the C-terminal domain of PG-M/versican activated focal adhesion kinase, enhanced integrin expression, and promoted cell adhesion. As a result, cells expressing the C-terminal domain of PG-M/versican were resistant to free radical-induced apoptosis. As the PG-M/versican peptide used in this study does not contain the RGD consensus-binding motif for integrins, the mechanism of the observed binding represents an entirely new function.
authors.affiliation: Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre and the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M4N 3M5, Canada.
authors.forename: Yaojiong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Liwen
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Peng-Sheng
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Burton B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D017209:Apoptosis; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D002470:Cell Survival; D002474:Cell-Free System / Q000378:metabolism; D011508:Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans / Q000378:metabolism; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D051417:Focal Adhesion Kinase 1; D051416:Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D005609:Free Radicals; D005910:Glioma / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D019012:Integrin beta1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D037181:Lectins, C-Type; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D011485:Protein Binding; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014162:Transfection; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D053675:Versicans
chemical_list: D011508:Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans; D005609:Free Radicals; D019012:Integrin beta1; D037181:Lectins, C-Type; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C508322:VCAN protein, human; D053675:Versicans; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D051417:Focal Adhesion Kinase 1; D051416:Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; C496050:PTK2 protein, human