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Development, Vol 113, Issue 3 1007-1016, Copyright © 1991 by Company of Biologists
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S Hirano, K Ui, T Miyake, T Uemura and M Takeichi
Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, Japan.
Using the Drosophila cell line MLDmBG-1, a monoclonal antibody aBG-1 that can inhibit not only cell clumping but also cell spreading was generated. This antibody immunoprecipitates a complex of molecules consisting of a major 120 x 10(3) Mr and other components. To characterize the 120 x 10(3) Mr component, we purified it, generated antibodies to it, and cloned its cDNA. Sequencing of this cDNA suggests that the 120 x 10(3) Mr molecule is identical to PS beta, a beta chain of Drosophila integrins. The other components immunoprecipitated included two alpha chains of Drosophila integrins, PS1 alpha and PS2 alpha, as revealed using specific antibodies to these molecules. These suggest that aBG-1 recognizes the PS beta associated with PS1 alpha or PS2 alpha. However, immunostaining of embryos and larvae with aBG-1 showed that the staining pattern is similar to that for PS2 alpha but not for PS beta, suggesting that the antibody preferentially recognizes the PS beta associated with particular alpha chains in situ. We then attempted to characterize the ligands for these integrin complexes, using culture dishes coated with various vertebrate matrix proteins. These cells spread very well on dishes coated with vitronectin and, to a lesser extent, on those with fibronectin. This spreading was partially inhibited by aBG-1, but not by other control antibodies or RGD peptides. The cell attachment to these substrata was not affected by the antibody. The cells also can attach to dishes coated with laminin but without spreading, and this attachment was not inhibited by aBG-1. Furthermore, they do not attach to dishes coated with collagen type I, type IV, and fibrinogen. These results indicate that Drosophila PS integrins can recognize vertebrate vitronectin, and also fibronectin with a weaker affinity, at sites other than RGD sequences, and thus can function in cell-substratum adhesion.
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