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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-11-9
pubmed:abstractText
The binding of 125I-labeled, one-chain tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) by WI-38 cultured human lung fibroblasts was investigated. Binding of t-PA to WI-38 monolayers was specific, saturable and temperature dependent. One and two-chain t-PAs were comparable in their ability to compete with 125I-labeled, one-chain t-PA for binding to fibroblasts, while no inhibition of binding was observed with a 500-fold molar excess of urokinase. Studies with various compounds suggest that neither the catalytic site, the fibrin binding site, nor the carbohydrate moieties on t-PA are involved in its binding to WI-38 cells. At higher temperatures, the amount of cell-bound 125I-t-PA that was removed by either incubation in binding buffer containing an excess of unlabeled t-PA, or by brief treatment with acidic buffer, was small (approximately 20%) suggesting that much of the t-PA is internalized. Electrophoretic analysis of extracts prepared from cells that had been incubated with 125I-t-PA revealed the presence of a major band of 70,000 Mr, which corresponds to intact t-PA. Our results suggest that WI-38 fibroblasts are capable of binding and internalizing t-PA, and that these processes involve a receptor site specific for t-PA.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0340-6245
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
30
pubmed:volume
61
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
454-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Binding of tissue plasminogen activator to cultured human fibroblasts.
pubmed:affiliation
E.I. duPont de Nemours and Company, Medical Products Department, Wilmington, DE 19898.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article