title: Characterization of a fasciclin I-like protein with cell attachment activity from sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus intermedius) ovaries.
abstract: Fasciclin I, a neuronal cell adhesion molecule, was first identified in the grasshopper. To date, various fasciclin I-like proteins have been identified but their biological functions have not been well characterized. Here, we have purified a fasciclin I-like protein with a molecular weight of 33kDa from sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus intermedius) ovaries using hydrophobic chromatography and gel filtration. The protein was not N-glycosylated. Partial amino acid sequences of cyanogen bromide (CNBr)-cleaved fragments were highly conserved to other sea urchin fasciclin I-like proteins identified previously. The circular dichroism (CD) spectrum analysis demonstrated that the 33kDa protein contained high content of alpha-helical structure. These results suggest that the 33kDa protein is a fasciclin I-like family. Additionally, the fasciclin I-like protein promoted HT1080 human fibrosarcoma cell attachment. Further, a synthetic peptide (P1: GLREAANIAEQVDLRQVLRDVDL) of the protein corresponding to a highly conserved region of the fasciclin I-like family promoted heparin-dependent HT1080 cell attachment. Moreover, the peptide inhibited HT1080 cell attachment to the fasciclin I-like protein. These results suggest that the 33kDa protein from sea urchin ovaries isolated here is a member of the fasciclin I family and that the N-terminal region of the protein is important for cell attachment activity. The protein has a potential to be involved in biological functions in sea urchin as a cell adhesive molecule.
authors.affiliation: Division of Bio-Science, Graduate School of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan.
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Norio
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nishi
authors.forename: Motoyoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nomizu
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000187:drug effects; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*; D015816:Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D006031:Glycosylation; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010053:Ovary / Q000737:chemistry*; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D012617:Sea Urchins / Q000737:chemistry*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D015816:Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal; D010446:Peptide Fragments; C051641:fasciclin I