Journal of Cell Science, Vol 104, Issue 4 1061-1071, Copyright © 1993 by Company of Biologists

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Diverse mechanisms for cell attachment to platelet thrombospondin

JC Adams and J Lawler
Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.

Thrombospondin-1 is a component of the extracellular matrix which is thought to play important roles in cell migration and proliferation, during embryogenesis and wound repair. To understand the basis for these activities, we are mapping the regions of the molecule with cell adhesive activity. Here, we use antagonists of specific cell binding sites, adhesion-perturbing thrombospondin monoclonal antibodies and proteolytic fragments of platelet thrombospondin, to investigate the adhesive mechanisms used by G361 melanoma cells, human intestinal smooth muscle cells (HISM), epidermal keratinocytes and MG-63 osteosarcoma cells. When attached to the same preparations of platelet thrombospondin, HISM and MG-63 cells underwent spreading, whereas G361 cells and keratinocytes did not. Attachment of all four cell types involved the carboxyterminal domain. The type 1 repeats and the amino-terminal heparin binding domain were important for stable attachment of G361, HISM and MG-63 cells, but were not involved in keratinocyte attachment. GRGDSP peptide caused near complete inhibition of HISM and MG-63 cell attachment, partially inhibited G361 attachment, but did not inhibit keratinocyte attachment. Attachment of HISM and MG-63 cells involved the alpha v beta 3 integrin. The integrity of the thrombospondin molecule was important for its adhesivity towards G361, HISM, and MG-63 cells, whereas keratinocytes attached to the 140 kDa tryptic fragment as effectively as they did to the intact molecule. These results show that cell attachment to platelet thrombospondin typically involves multiple binding interactions, but the exact profile of interactions is cell type specific. Usage of particular cell-binding sites does not predict whether cells will undergo spreading or not. These data may, in part, explain some of the current controversies surrounding the mechanisms of cell attachment to thrombospondin.

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