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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
42
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-11-26
pubmed:abstractText
Intercellular adhesion molecule-2 (ICAM-2) functions as a ligand for lymphocyte function-associated antigen-1 (LFA-1) and is involved in leukocyte adhesion. We studied intracellular associations of ICAM-2 using a peptide encompassing the cytoplasmic amino acids 231-254 as an affinity matrix. Among the proteins from placental lysates that bound to the peptide was alpha-actinin as demonstrated by immunoblotting. Purified, 125I-labeled alpha-actinin also bound to the peptide. Confocal microscopic analysis of Eahy926 cells demonstrated a colocalization of ICAM-2 and alpha-actinin. Of overlapping octapeptides covering the entire ICAM-2 cytoplasmic amino acids, ICAM-2241-248 bound alpha-actinin most avidly and effectively competed with the longer cytoplasmic peptide for binding. The site of interaction in alpha-actinin was studied using bacterially expressed alpha-actinin fusion proteins. Several constructs covering nonoverlapping regions of alpha-actinin bound to the ICAM-2 cytoplasmic peptide suggesting that multiple regions in alpha-actinin can mediate the interaction. These results, together with previously demonstrated interactions between alpha-actinin and the adhesion proteins ICAM-1, L-selectin, beta1- and beta2-integrins emphasize the role of alpha-actinin as a linker between cell surface adhesion molecules and the actin-containing cytoskeleton.
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
18
pubmed:volume
271
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
26214-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Binding of the cytoplasmic domain of intercellular adhesion molecule-2 (ICAM-2) to alpha-actinin.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, Division of Biochemistry, University of Helsinki, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't