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- Title
Glomerular mesangial cell adhesion to fibrinogen is mediated by αvβ3 integrin.
- Authors
Fischer, Edgar G.
- Abstract
The biological behavior of glomerular mesangial cells is thought to play a critical role in human and experimental forms of mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis. In these diseases, mesangial cells proliferate and produce increased amounts of extracellular matrix proteins, which can lead to glomerulosclerosis and end-stage renal disease. Mesangial cells interact with extracellular matrix proteins through integrin-mediated cell adhesion. Fibrinogen as a plasma-derived protein is known to be deposited in the mesangium of kidneys affected by mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis. The adhesive interactions between fibrinogen and mesangial cells, however, have not been reported. Results in this work show that mesangial cells adhere to immobilized fibrinogen in an integrin-dependent fashion. This process was inhibited by the αvβ3-selective peptide cyclo-RGDFV and the monoclonal anti-β3 integrin chain antibody F11. Ca2+ ions are a known strong inhibitor of the fibrinogen-αvβ3 interaction, and mesangial cell adhesion did not occur when Ca2+ was the only divalent cation present. Therefore, mesangial cell adhesion to fibrinogen is mediated by αvβ3 integrin, and divalent cations have a fundamental role in regulating this process.
- Subjects
CELL adhesion; FIBRINOGEN; EXTRACELLULAR matrix; INTEGRINS; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS
- Publication
Biochemistry & Cell Biology, 2004, Vol 82, Issue 5, p597
- ISSN
0829-8211
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1139/O04-051