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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 277, Issue 17, Pages 14467-14474Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M201100200
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [HL53949, HL56385, HL47412, HL/AI33259] Funding Source: Medline
- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM56442] Funding Source: Medline
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Alternative splicing of the fibronectin gene transcript gives rise to forms that include the EIIIA (or ED-A) segment. EIIIA-containing fibronectins are prominently expressed during embryogenesis and wound healing and appear to mediate changes in cell adhesion and gene expression. Nonetheless, integrins that bind the EIIIA segment have not been identified. We previously mapped the epitope for two function-blocking monoclonal antibodies to the C-C' loop region of the EIIIA segment (Liao, Y.-F., Wieder, K. G., Classen, J. M., and Van De Water, L. (1999) J. Biol. Chem. 274, 17876-17884). The sequence of this epitope ((39)PEDGIHELFP(48)) resembles the sequence within tenascin-C to which the integrin alpha(9)beta(1) binds. We now report that either integrin alpha(9)beta(1) or alpha(4)beta(1) can mediate cell adhesion to the EIIIA segment. Moreover, this interaction is blocked both by epitope-mapped EIIIA antibodies as well as by the respective anti-integrins. Deletion mutants of the EIIIA segment that include the C-C' loop and flanking sequence bind cells expressing either alpha(9)beta(1) or alpha(4)beta11. Adhesion of alpha(4)beta(1)-containing MOLT-3 cells to the EIIIA segment stimulates phosphorylation of p44/42 MAP kinase. Our observation that two integrins bind the EIIIA segment establishes a novel mechanism by which cell adhesion to fibronectin is regulated by alternative splicing.
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