Journal of Cell Science, Vol 108, Issue 3 1071-1082, Copyright © 1995 by Company of Biologists

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A cytokeratin 8-like protein with plasminogen-binding activity is present on the external surfaces of hepatocytes, HepG2 cells and breast carcinoma cell lines

TA Hembrough, J Vasudevan, MM Allietta, WF Glass and SL Gonias
Department of Pathology, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville 22908, USA.

Plasminogen binding to cell surfaces may be important for tumor invasion and other processes that involve cellular migration. In this investigation, the principal plasminogen-binding protein was identified in the plasma membrane fraction of rat hepatocytes. The protein had an apparent mass of 59 kDa, was insoluble in a spectrum of detergents, and was identical to cytokeratin 8 (CK 8) as determined by sequence analysis of nine amino acids at the N terminus of two cyanogen bromide fragments. The 59 kDa protein bound CK 8-specific antibody in western blot analyses. These studies demonstrate that CK 8 or a CK 8-like protein binds plasminogen. Given this newly determined and potentially important CK 8 function, immunofluorescence and immunoelectron microscopy studies were performed to determine whether CK 8 may be present on the external surfaces of unpermeabilized, viable hepatocytes. All of the cells in each preparation were immunopositive with two separate CK 8-specific antibodies. A punctate pattern of immunofluorescence was detected on the cell surface with approximately even intensity from cell to cell. By immunoelectron microscopy, CK 8 was preferentially associated with microvilli. In order to determine whether other epithelial cells express cell-surface CK 8, immunofluorescence and immunoelectron microscopy studies were performed with HepG2 hepatocellular carcinoma cells and with BT20 and MCF-7 breast carcinoma cells. The pattern of antigen expression was equivalent with each cell type and comparable to that observed with hepatocytes. These studies support the hypothesis that CK 8 is associated with the external cell surface where it may express important proteinase receptor function.
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