Augmented binding and activation of latent transforming growth factor-beta by a tryptic fragment of latency associated peptide.
Augmented binding and activation of latent transforming growth factor-beta by a tryptic fragment of latency associated peptide.
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通过潜伏相关肽的胰蛋白酶片段增强潜伏转化生长因子-β 的结合和激活。
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发表时间:
2002
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通讯作者:
Motoo Yamasaki
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作者:
M. Abe;Nobuyuki Oda;Y. Sato;K. Shibata;Motoo Yamasaki
Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) is secreted in a latent form; thus, activation is critical for the control of TGF-beta action. Latent TGF-beta exists in a complex in which mature TGF-beta is noncovalently linked to latency associated peptide (LAP) and latent TGF-beta binding protein (LTBP) complex. We have shown that latent TGF-beta is efficiently activated in heterotypic cultures of endothelial cells (ECs) and smooth muscle cells (SMCs). Under those conditions, LAP plays an important role in targeting latent TGF-beta to the surface of SMCs, and plasmin and calpain target it to the surface of ECs for activation. Here, we demonstrate in a homotypic culture system that fragments of LAP increase the binding of latent TGF-beta to ECs, resulting in its activation by cell-associated proteolysis. LAP fragments appear to bind to the cell surface and augment the binding of latent TGF-beta, independent of transglutaminase. These results suggest a unique mechanism for the activation of latent TGF-beta by proteolytic fragments of LAP. The mechanism may arise from degradation by elevated levels of proteases under certain conditions.
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影响因子:
2.9
作者:
ABE, M;HARPEL, JG;RIFKIN, DB
通讯作者:
RIFKIN, DB
影响因子:
10.5
作者:
Q. Yu;I. Stamenkovic
通讯作者:
Q. Yu;I. Stamenkovic
影响因子:
15.9
作者:
Sankar, S;MahootiBrooks, N;Madri, JA
通讯作者:
Madri, JA
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.88.2.580
发表时间:
1991-01-01
影响因子:
11.1
作者:
DENNIS, PA;RIFKIN, DB
通讯作者:
RIFKIN, DB