Journal
FEBS LETTERS
Volume 579, Issue 3, Pages 773-777Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2004.12.031
Keywords
NGAL; lipocalin; Megalin; siderophore; iron
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Neutrophil-gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) is a prominent protein of specific granules of human neutrophils also synthesized by epithelial cells during inflammation. NGAL binds bacterial siderophores preventing bacteria from retrieving iron from this source. Also, NGAL may be important in delivering iron to cells during formation of the tubular epithelial cells of the primordial kidney. No cellular receptor for NGAL has been described. We show here that megalin, a member of the low-density lipoprotein receptor family expressed in polarized epithelia, binds NGAL with high affinity, as shown by surface plasmon resonance analysis. Furthermore, a rat yolk sac cell line known to express high levels of megalin, endocytosed NGAL by a mechanism completely blocked by an antibody against megalin. (C) 2004 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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