ACCESSIBILITY OF RECEPTOR-BOUND UROKINASE TO TYPE-1 PLASMINOGEN-ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR
ACCESSIBILITY OF RECEPTOR-BOUND UROKINASE TO TYPE-1 PLASMINOGEN-ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.86.13.4828
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发表时间:
1989-07-01
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
BLASI, F
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作者:
CUBELLIS, MV;ANDREASEN, P;BLASI, F
Urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA) interacts with a surface receptor and with specific inhibitors, such as plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1 (PAI-1). These interactions are mediated by two functionally independent domains of the molecule: the catalytic domain (at the carboxyl terminus) and the growth factor domain (at the amino terminus). We have now investigated whether PAI-1 can bind and inhibit receptor-bound uPA. Binding of 125I-labeled ATF (amino-terminal fragment of uPA) to human U937 monocyte-like cells can be competed for by uPA-PAI-1 complexes, but not by PAI-1 alone. Preformed 125I-labeled uPA-PAI-1 complexes can bind to uPA receptor with the same binding specificity as uPA. PAI-1 also binds to, and inhibits the activity of, receptor-bound uPA in U937 cells, as shown in U937 cells by a caseinolytic plaque assay. Plasminogen activator activity of these cells is dependent on exogenous uPA, is competed for by receptor-binding diisopropyl fluorophosphate-treated uPA, and is inhibited by the addition of PAI-1. In conclusion, in U937 cells the binding to the receptor does not shield uPA from the action of PAI-1. The possibility that in adherent cells a different localization of PAI-1 and uPA leads to protection of uPA from PAI-1 is to be considered.