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Title: Ca sup 2+ -dependent binding of a synthetic Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) peptide to a single site on the purified platelet glycoprotein IIb-IIIa complex

Journal Article · · Journal of Biological Chemistry; (USA)
OSTI ID:5478953
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  1. F. Hoffmann-La Roche and Co., Basel (Switzerland)

The platelet glycoprotein IIb-IIIa complex (GP IIb-IIIa) is a member of the integrin receptor family that recognizes adhesive proteins containing the Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) sequence. In the present study the binding characteristics of the synthetic hexapeptide Tyr-Asn-Arg-Gly-Asp-Ser (YNRGDS, a sequence present in the fibrinogen alpha-chain at position 570-575) to purified GP IIb-IIIa were determined by equilibrium dialysis. The binding of 125I-YNRGDS to GP IIb-IIIa was specific, saturable, and reversible. The apparent dissociation constant was 1.0 +/- 0.2 microM, and the maximal binding capacity was 0.92 +/- 0.02 mol of 125I-YNRGDS/mol of GP IIb-IIIa, indicating that GP IIb-IIIa contains a single binding site for RGD peptides. The binding of 125I-YNRGDS to purified GP IIb-IIIa showed many of the characteristics of fibrinogen binding to activated platelets: the binding was inhibited by fibrinogen, by the monoclonal antibody A2A9, and by the dodecapeptide from the C terminus of the fibrinogen gamma-chain. In addition, the binding of 125I-YNRGDS to GP IIb-IIIa was divalent cation-dependent. Our data suggest that two divalent cation binding sites must be occupied for YNRGDS to bind: one site is specific for calcium and is saturated at 1 microM free Ca2+, whereas the other site is less specific and reaches saturation at millimolar concentrations of either Ca2+ or Mg2+. The results of the present study support the hypothesis that the RGD domains within the adhesive proteins are responsible for their binding to GP IIb-IIIa.

OSTI ID:
5478953
Journal Information:
Journal of Biological Chemistry; (USA), Vol. 264:22; ISSN 0021-9258
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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