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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-11-12
pubmed:abstractText
Vascular endothelial cells regulate the fibrinolytic system in blood by expressing cell-surface receptors for plasminogen and plasminogen activators (PAs) as well as secreting PAs and their inhibitors. Although several receptors for plasminogen and PAs have been identified in many cell types, little is known about tissue-type PA (t-PA)-specific receptor (t-PAR) on endothelial cells except a few reports. By using suspended human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC), which are free from the formation of extracellular matrix (ECM)--where type-1 plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI-1) preferably accumulates and interacts with t-PA with high affinity--we demonstrated a relatively low affinity binding site for t-PA on the cells and identified a novel t-PAR. The isolation and characterization of HUVEC-derived t-PAR was performed in the present study. A 20-kDa t-PAR was successively isolated and purified by high performance liquid chromatography system from HUVEC which specifically binds t-PA and not plasminogen forming a 90-kDa complex with t-PA. When t-PA binds the immobilized t-PAR stoichiometrically 1:1, the enzymatic activity of t-PA was enhanced 90-fold. Thus, it is suggested that the t-PAR may function as a t-PA-enhancing molecule expressed on the surface of endothelial cells.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0094-6176
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
269-73
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-4-28
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Analysis of tissue-type plasminogen activator receptor (t-PAR) in human endothelial cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osakasayama City, Osaka, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article