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Characterization, size estimation and solubilization of α-macroglobulin complex receptors in liver membranes
Authors:J  rgen Gliemann, Ole Davidsen,S  ren K. Moestrup
Affiliation:Jørgen Gliemann, Ole Davidsen,Søren K. Moestrup
Abstract:Receptors for α2-macroglobulin-proteinase complexes have been characterized in rat and human liver membranes. The affinity for binding of 125I-labelled α2-macroglobulin · trypsin to rat liver membranes was markedly pH-dependent in the physiological range with maximum binding at pH 7.8–9.0. The half-time for association was about 5 min at 37°C in contrast to about 5 h at 4°C. The half-saturation constant was about 100 pM at 4°C and 1 nM at 37°C (pH 7.8). The binding capacity was approx. 300 pmol per g protein for rat liver membranes and about 100 pmol per g for human membranes. Radiation inactivation studies showed a target size of 466 ± 71 kDa (S.D., n = 7) for α2-macroglobulin · trypsin binding activity. Affinity cross-linking to rat and human membranes of 125I-labelled rat α1-inhibitor-3 · chymotrypsin, a 210 kDa analogue which binds to the α2-macroglobulin receptors in hepatocytes (Gliemann, J. and Sottrup-Jensen, L. (1987) FEBS Lett. 221, 55–60), followed by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, revealed radioactivity in a band not distinguishable from that of cross-linked α2-macroglobulin (720 kDa). This radioactivity was absent when membranes with bound 125I-α1-inhibitor-3 complex were treated with EDTA before cross-linking and when incubation and cross-linking were carried out in the presence of a saturating concentration of unlabelled complex. The saturable binding activity was maintained when membranes were solubilized in the detergent 3-[(3-cholamidopropyl)dimethylammonio]profane sulfonate (CHAPS) and the size of the receptor as estimated by cross-linking experiments was shown to be similar to that determined in the membranes. It is concluded that liver membranes contain high concentrations of an approx. 400–500 kDa α2-macroglobulin receptor soluble in CHAPS. The soluble preparation should provide a suitable material for purification and further characterization of the receptor.
Keywords:α  2-Macroglobulin   α  1-Inhibitor 3   α  2-Macroglobulin receptor   Liver membrane   (Rat)
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