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ArticlePloS one2011

An antibody to the lutheran glycoprotein (Lu) recognizing the LU4 blood type variant inhibits cell adhesion to laminin α5.

Yamato Kikkawa, Takahiro Miwa, Yukiko Tohara, Takayuki Hamakubo, Motoyoshi Nomizu

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Article in PloS one, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yamato KikkawaLaboratory of Clinical Biochemistry, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Tokyo, Japan. kikkawa@toyaku.ac.jp
Takahiro Miwa
Yukiko Tohara
Takayuki Hamakubo
Motoyoshi Nomizu
Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe Lutheran blood group glycoprotein (Lu), an Ig superfamily (IgSF) transmembrane receptor, is also known as basal cell adhesion molecule (B-CAM). Lu/B-CAM is a specific receptor for laminin α5, a major component of basement membranes in various tissues. Previous reports have shown that Lu/B-CAM binding to laminin α5 contributes to sickle cell vaso-occlusion. However, as there are no useful tools such as function-blocking antibodies or drugs, it is unclear how epithelial and sickled red blood cells adhere to laminin α5 via Lu/B-CAM. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL

findingsIn this study, we discovered a function-blocking antibody that inhibits Lu binding to laminin α5 using a unique binding assay on tissue sections. To characterize the function-blocking antibody, we identified the site on Lu/B-CAM recognized by this antibody. The extracellular domain of Lu/B-CAM contains five IgSF domains, D1-D2-D3-D4-D5. The antibody epitope was localized to D2, but not to the D3 domain containing the major part of the laminin α5 binding site. Furthermore, mutagenesis studies showed that Arg(175), the LU4 blood group antigenic site, was crucial for forming the epitope and the antibody bound sufficiently close to sterically hinder the interaction with α5. Cell adhesion assay using the antibody also showed that Lu/B-CAM serves as a secondary receptor for the adhesion of carcinoma cells to laminin α5. CONCLUSION/SIGNIFICANCE: This function-blocking antibody against Lu/B-CAM should be useful for not only investigating cell adhesion to laminin α5 but also for developing drugs to inhibit sickle cell vaso-occlusion.

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Amino Acid SequenceAnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalBinding SitesCell AdhesionCell Adhesion MoleculesCell Line, TumorEpitope MappingEpitopesHEK293 CellsHumansIntegrin alpha1beta1Integrin alpha3beta1Integrin alpha6beta1KidneyLamininAntibodies, MonoclonalBCAM protein, humanCell Adhesion MoleculesEpitopesIntegrin alpha1beta1Integrin alpha3beta1Integrin alpha6beta1Lamininlaminin alpha5Lutheran Blood-Group System

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PMCPMC3155534
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