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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
25
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-8-16
pubmed:abstractText
Apolipoprotein (apo) E-containing high density lipoprotein particles were reported to interact in vitro with the proteoglycan biglycan (Bg), but the direct participation of apoE in this binding was not defined. To this end, we examined the in vitro binding of apoE complexed with dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC) to human aortic Bg before and after glycosaminoglycan (GAG) depletion. In a solid-phase assay, apoE.DMPC bound to Bg and GAG-depleted protein core in a similar manner, suggesting a protein-protein mode of interaction. The binding was decreased in the presence of 1 m NaCl and was partially inhibited by either positively (0.2 m lysine, arginine) or negatively charged (0.2 m aspartic, glutamic) amino acids. A recombinant apoE fragment representing the C-terminal 10-kDa domain, complexed with DMPC, bound as efficiently as full-length apoE, whereas the N-terminal 22-kDa domain was inactive. Similar results were obtained with a gel mobility shift assay. Competition studies using a series of recombinant truncated apoEs showed that the charged segment in the C-terminal domain between residues 223 and 230 was involved in the binding. Overall, our results demonstrate that the C-terminal domain contains elements critical for the binding of apoE to the Bg protein core and that this binding is ionic in nature and independent of GAGs.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
23
pubmed:volume
275
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
18913-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Structural determinants in the C-terminal domain of apolipoprotein E mediating binding to the protein core of human aortic biglycan.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA. oklezovi@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.