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Evidence that the platinum-reactive methionyl residue of the. cap alpha. /sub 2/-macroglobulin receptor recognition site is not in the carboxyl-terminal receptor binding domain

Journal Article · · J. Biol. Chem.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6834689

Digestion of human ..cap alpha../sub 2/-macroglobulin-methylamine with papain prior to gel filtration resulted in the resolution of three distinct peaks. The material in peak I and peak II did not have any receptor binding ability as determined by in vivo clearance studies and in vitro competitive binding studies using mouse peritoneal macrophages. In contrast, the material in peak III bound to macrophage ..cap alpha../sub 2/-macroglobulin receptors with a K/sub d/ of 250 nM. This represents a 500-fold decrease in affinity relative to undigested ..cap alpha../sub 2/M-CH/sub 3/NH/sub 2/. Sequence analysis demonstrated that this material constituted the carboxyl-terminal fragment (COOH-terminal fragment) of ..cap alpha../sub 2/M. ..cap alpha../sub 2/M is known to possess a methionyl residue which is susceptible to modification by cis-dichlorodiammineplatinum (II) (cis-DDP) with the result being a loss of receptor binding ability by ..cap alpha../sub 2/M. For this reason, experiments were performed to determine if the platinum-reactive methionyl residue is located in the COOH-terminal receptor binding fragment of ..cap alpha../sub 2/M. The results of this investigation demonstrate that cis-DDP is not reactive with either the isolated COOH-terminal fragment or the COOH-terminal fragment isolated from ..cap alpha../sub 2/M-CH/sub 3/NH/sub 2/ which had been pretreated with cis-DDP. In addition, the COOH-terminal fragment did not bind to monoclonal antibody 7H11D6, a monoclonal antibody which binds to the platinum-reactive epitope of the ..cap alpha../sub 2/M-CH/sub 3/NH/sub 2/ receptor recognition site. The results of this investigation demonstrate that this fragment is not the complete receptor recognition site and suggest that a platinum-reactive methionyl residue located in the 55-kDa fragment of ..cap alpha../sub 2/M is another component of this site.

Research Organization:
Duke Univ. Medical Center, Durham, NC (USA)
OSTI ID:
6834689
Journal Information:
J. Biol. Chem.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Biol. Chem.; (United States) Vol. 263:14; ISSN JBCHA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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