A 160-kilodalton epithelial cell surface glycoprotein recognized by plant lectins that inhibit the adherence of Actinomyces naeslundii.
AUTOR(ES)
Brennan, M J
RESUMO
The adherence of Actinomyces naeslundii to human epithelial (KB) cells is mediated by the interaction of a fimbrial lectin on this oral bacterium with epithelial cell receptors exposed by sialidase. The D-galactose- and N-acetyl-D-galactosamine-reactive plant lectins from peanut and from Bauhinia purpurea inhibit this interaction. This report describes the partial purification and characterization of a 160-kilodalton (kDa) cell surface glycoprotein which is the principal receptor for these lectins. Radioiodinated lectins detected a band of 160 kDa on sialidase-treated Western blots of epithelial cell extracts but did not detect bands on nontreated filters. However, wheat germ agglutinin was reactive with the 160-kDa band on filters that were not treated with sialidase, suggesting that this lectin recognizes the sialic acid residues of this molecule. The 160-kDa component was partially purified from n-octylglucoside extracts of the epithelial cells by wheat germ agglutinin affinity chromatography. This molecule was metabolically labeled with D-[14C]glucosamine and labeled at the cell surface by lactoperoxidase-catalyzed iodination or periodate oxidation followed by sodium borotritide reduction. Incubation of epithelial cells with sialidase before extraction resulted in the loss of the 160-kDa band and the appearance of a band at 200 kDa which was directly reactive with 125I-labeled peanut agglutinin. These results indicate that the 160-kDa glycoprotein on the surface of the epithelial cell serves as a receptor for the agglutinins from the peanut and B. purpurea and presumably the fimbrial lectin of actinomyces.
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