Cell spreading on laminin substrate involves Con A-binding proteins |
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Authors: | R Moutsita J Botti M A Doyennette-Moyne M Aubery P Codogno |
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Affiliation: | INSERM U. 180, UFR Biomédicale des Saints-Péres, Paris, France. |
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Abstract: | Concanavalin A (Con A), a tetravalent lectin, was shown to impair 8 chick embryo fibroblast (8 d CEF) spreading on a laminin (LM) substrate but not on a fibronectin substrate (FN), suggesting that cell surface Con A binding proteins could be involved in 8 d CEF spreading on a LM substrate. The interaction of Con A-binding proteins with Con A is dependent upon the carbohydrate moieties of the isolated glycoproteins; since they interact strongly with Con A-Sepharose and are eluted with 0.3 Mol/l alpha-methylmannopyranoside, the isolated Con A binding-proteins inhibit 8 d CEF adhesion to a Con A substrate to the same extent as alpha-methylmannopyranoside. Furthermore, the isolated Con A binding proteins specifically inhibit in a dose-dependent manner 8 d CEF spreading on LM but not on FN. |
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