Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Identification of a carbohydrate-based endothelial ligand for a lymphocyte homing receptor

Journal Article · · Journal of Cell Biology; (United States)
; ; ; ;  [1]
  1. Department of Anatomy, University of California, San Francisco (USA)
Lymphocyte attachment to high endothelial venules within lymph nodes is mediated by the peripheral lymph node homing receptor (pnHR), originally defined on mouse lymphocytes by the MEL-14 mAb. The pnHR is a calcium-dependent lectin-like receptor, a member of the LEC-CAM family of adhesion proteins. Here, using a soluble recombinant form of the homing receptor, we have identified an endothelial ligand for the pnHR as an {approximately} 50-kD sulfated, fucosylated, and sialylated glycoprotein, which we designate Sgp50 (sulfated glycoprotein of 50 kD). Recombinant receptor binding to this lymph node-specific glycoprotein requires calcium and is inhibitable by specific carbohydrates and by MEL-14 mAb. Sialylation of the component is required for binding. Additionally, the glycoprotein is precipitated by MECA-79, an adhesion-blocking mAb reactive with lymph node HEV. A related glycoprotein of {approximately} 90 kD (designated as Sgp90) is also identified.
OSTI ID:
5398647
Journal Information:
Journal of Cell Biology; (United States), Journal Name: Journal of Cell Biology; (United States) Vol. 113:5; ISSN 0021-9525; ISSN JCLBA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English