1. Structure-function analysis of the integrin beta 7 subunit: identification of domains involved in adhesion to MAdCAM-1.
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Tidswell M, Pachynski R, Wu SW, Qiu SQ, Dunham E, Cochran N, Briskin MJ, Kilshaw PJ, Lazarovits AI, Andrew DP, Butcher EC, Yednock TA, and Erle DJ
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- Animals, Antibodies, Monoclonal chemistry, Antibodies, Monoclonal genetics, Antibodies, Monoclonal physiology, Cations, Cell Adhesion Molecules, Epitope Mapping, Humans, Immunoglobulins immunology, Integrins genetics, Integrins immunology, Leukemia, Erythroblastic, Acute metabolism, Ligands, Mice, Molecular Sequence Data, Mucoproteins immunology, Protein Binding immunology, Rats, Recombinant Fusion Proteins chemistry, Serine immunology, Serine physiology, Structure-Activity Relationship, Transfection immunology, Tumor Cells, Cultured, Immunoglobulins metabolism, Integrin beta Chains, Integrins chemistry, Integrins physiology, Mucoproteins metabolism, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Receptors, Lymphocyte Homing metabolism
- Abstract
Beta 7 integrins serve special roles in mucosal immunity. Alpha 4 beta 7-mediated adhesion to mucosal addressin cell adhesion molecule-1 (MAdCAM-1) directs lymphocyte homing to the gut, and alpha E beta 7 mediates binding of lymphocytes to E-cadherin on epithelial cells. Since alpha 4 beta 7 mediates adhesion to MAdCAM-1 but alpha 4 beta 1 does not, we used beta 7/beta 1 chimeras to directly assess the importance of specific regions of beta 7 in MAdCAM-1 binding. We found a region of beta 7 (residues 46-386) that accounts for specificity of alpha 4 beta 7 binding to MAdCAM-1. We also used human/mouse and human/rat chimeric beta 7 subunits to map epitopes recognized by fifteen anti-beta 7 mAbs. Six of seven Abs that block adhesion to MAdCAM-1 and E-cadherin (Fib 21, 22, 27, 30, 504; Act-1) mapped to amino acid residues 176-250. Residues 176-250 lie within the region of beta 7 that specifies MAdCAM-1 binding and also within a region that has a predicted structure homologous to the metal ion-dependent adhesion site (MIDAS) domains of the integrin subunits alpha L and alpha M. Three new Abs that recognize beta 7 in the presence of Mn2+, but not Ca2+, and promote adhesion to MAdCAM-1, mapped to amino acids 46-149. One blocking and five other Abs mapped to other regions (amino acids 387-725). We conclude that a MIDAS-like domain serves a critical role in beta 7 integrin-mediated adhesion.
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- 1997