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7691819

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
29
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-11-18
pubmed:abstractText
The alpha 5 beta 1 integrin mediates cell adhesion and migration on fibronectin, a glycoprotein critical for normal vertebrate embryonic development. Indirect evidence reported to date suggests that this receptor also functions in the deposition of fibronectin matrices. We used a molecular genetic approach to critically evaluate this role of alpha 5 beta 1 integrins. Mutant Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells deficient in alpha 5 integrin expression could not assemble a fibronectin matrix. Reconstituting alpha 5 beta 1 integrin expression by transfecting them with a full-length cDNA encoding the human alpha 5 chain completely restored fibronectin matrix assembly. CHO cells expressing an alpha 5 chain lacking the cytoplasmic domain also assembled a fibronectin matrix. Removing the cytoplasmic domain of alpha 5 appears to increase its activity in fibronectin matrix assembly. In addition to alpha 5 beta 1 integrin binding to fibronectin's RGD-containing domain, cells must bind with high affinity to fibronectin's amino-terminal 29-kDa matrix assembly domain to form a fibronectin matrix. Studies with the alpha 5-deficient CHO cells show that the expression of alpha 5 beta 1 integrin is also necessary for cells to bind fragments containing this distinct site in fibronectin and that a fibronectin matrix increases binding of the 29-kDa fragment. Thus, alpha 5 beta 1 integrins not only mediate cell adhesion to fibronectin, but also play an essential role in the assembly of a fibronectin matrix. This role includes direct binding to fibronectin and modulating a distinct binding event involving the interaction of fibronectin's amino-terminal matrix assembly domain with the cell surface.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
268
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
21883-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
The alpha 5 beta 1 integrin fibronectin receptor, but not the alpha 5 cytoplasmic domain, functions in an early and essential step in fibronectin matrix assembly.
pubmed:affiliation
Samuel C. Johnson Medical Research Center, Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, Arizona 85259.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't