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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
19
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-6-15
pubmed:abstractText
Four vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) splice variants containing 121, 165, 189, and 206 amino acids are produced from a single human gene as a result of alternative splicing. VEGF121 is not a heparin-binding protein, while the other VEGF species possess heparin binding ability. YU-ZAZ6 human melanoma cells expressed the mRNA encoding the VEGF receptor flt-1, but not the mRNA encoding the VEGF receptor KDR/flk-1. Both VEGF121 and VEGF165 bound to the VEGF receptors of these cells. Unexpectedly, heparin inhibited the binding of VEGF121 as well as the binding of VEGF165 to the VEGF receptors of the melanoma cells. Digestion of the cells with heparinase also inhibited the binding of both VEGF variants. The VEGF165 binding ability of heparinase-digested cells could be partially restored by the addition of exogenous heparin to the binding reaction. In contrast, the addition of heparin to heparinase-digested cells did not restore VEGF121 binding. These results suggest that cell-surface heparan sulfates may regulate the binding ability of the VEGF receptors of the melanoma cells. They also indicate that heparin is not able to fully substitute for cell surface-associated heparan sulfates since VEGF121 binding to the VEGF receptors of heparinase-treated cells is not restored by heparin. These data suggest that changes in the composition of cell-surface heparin-like molecules may differentially affect the interaction of various VEGF isoforms with VEGF receptors.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cross-Linking Reagents, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Endothelial Growth Factors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Heparin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Heparitin Sulfate, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Lymphokines, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Messenger, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Growth Factor, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Mitogen, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Vascular Endothelial..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/VEGFA protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
12
pubmed:volume
270
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
11322-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7744769-Alternative Splicing, pubmed-meshheading:7744769-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:7744769-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:7744769-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:7744769-Cell Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:7744769-Cross-Linking Reagents, pubmed-meshheading:7744769-Endothelial Growth Factors, pubmed-meshheading:7744769-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:7744769-Genetic Variation, pubmed-meshheading:7744769-Heparin, pubmed-meshheading:7744769-Heparitin Sulfate, pubmed-meshheading:7744769-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:7744769-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:7744769-Lymphokines, pubmed-meshheading:7744769-Melanoma, pubmed-meshheading:7744769-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:7744769-Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:7744769-Receptors, Growth Factor, pubmed-meshheading:7744769-Receptors, Mitogen, pubmed-meshheading:7744769-Receptors, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor, pubmed-meshheading:7744769-Tumor Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:7744769-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A, pubmed-meshheading:7744769-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
VEGF121, a vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) isoform lacking heparin binding ability, requires cell-surface heparan sulfates for efficient binding to the VEGF receptors of human melanoma cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biology, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't