|
|
||||||||





* Department of Dermatology, University Medical Centre Mannheim, Ruprecht-Karls University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany;
Hope Heart Program, Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, WA 98101; and
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas, Houston, TX 77030
The matricellular protein SPARC (secreted protein acidic and rich in cysteine) has been implicated in development, differentiation, response to injury, and tumor biology by virtue of its regulation of extracellular matrix production/assembly and its antiadhesive and antiproliferative effects on different cell types. Despite numerous biological activities described for SPARC, cell surface receptors for this protein have not been identified. By phage display and in vitro-binding assays, we now show that SPARC interacts with stabilin-1, a scavenger receptor expressed by tissue macrophages and sinusoidal endothelial cells. The interaction is mediated by the extracellular epidermal growth factor-like region of stabilin-1 containing the sequence FHGTAC. Using FACS analysis and confocal microscopy, we demonstrate that stabilin-1 internalizes and targets SPARC to an endosomal pathway in Chinese hamster ovary cells stably transfected with this receptor. In human macrophages, stabilin-1 expression is required for receptor-mediated endocytosis of SPARC. SPARC was efficiently endocytosed by alternatively activated macrophages stimulated by IL-4 and dexamethasone, but not solely by Th1 or Th2 cytokines. A time course of ligand exposure to alternatively activated macrophages revealed that stabilin-1-mediated endocytosis of SPARC was followed by its targeting for degradation, similar to the targeting of acetylated low density lipoprotein, another stabilin-1 ligand. We propose that alternatively activated macrophages coordinate extracellular matrix remodeling, angiogenesis, and tumor progression via stabilin-1-mediated endocytosis of SPARC and thereby regulate its extracellular concentration.
This article has been cited by other articles:
![]() |
J. Zhang, A. Gratchev, V. Riabov, S. Mamidi, C. Schmuttermaier, L. Krusell, E. Kremmer, G. Workman, E. H. Sage, S. Jalkanen, et al. A Novel GGA-Binding Site Is Required for Intracellular Sorting Mediated by Stabilin-1 Mol. Cell. Biol., November 15, 2009; 29(22): 6097 - 6105. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
S.-Y. Park, M.-Y. Jung, S.-J. Lee, K.-B. Kang, A. Gratchev, V. Riabov, J. Kzhyshkowska, and I.-S. Kim Stabilin-1 mediates phosphatidylserine-dependent clearance of cell corpses in alternatively activated macrophages J. Cell Sci., September 15, 2009; 122(18): 3365 - 3373. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
I. Podgorski, B. E. Linebaugh, J. E. Koblinski, D. L. Rudy, M. K. Herroon, M. B. Olive, and B. F. Sloane Bone Marrow-Derived Cathepsin K Cleaves SPARC in Bone Metastasis Am. J. Pathol., September 1, 2009; 175(3): 1255 - 1269. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
R. Shaykhiev, A. Krause, J. Salit, Y. Strulovici-Barel, B.-G. Harvey, T. P. O'Connor, and R. G. Crystal Smoking-Dependent Reprogramming of Alveolar Macrophage Polarization: Implication for Pathogenesis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease J. Immunol., August 15, 2009; 183(4): 2867 - 2883. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
M. S. Weaver, G. Workman, and E. H. Sage The Copper Binding Domain of SPARC Mediates Cell Survival in Vitro via Interaction with Integrin {beta}1 and Activation of Integrin-linked Kinase J. Biol. Chem., August 15, 2008; 283(33): 22826 - 22837. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
N. D. L. Savage, T. de Boer, K. V. Walburg, S. A. Joosten, K. van Meijgaarden, A. Geluk, and T. H. M. Ottenhoff Human Anti-Inflammatory Macrophages Induce Foxp3+GITR+CD25+ Regulatory T Cells, Which Suppress via Membrane-Bound TGF{beta}-1 J. Immunol., August 1, 2008; 181(3): 2220 - 2226. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
A. Gratchev, J. Kzhyshkowska, S. Kannookadan, M. Ochsenreiter, A. Popova, X. Yu, S. Mamidi, E. Stonehouse-Usselmann, I. Muller-Molinet, L. Gooi, et al. Activation of a TGF-{beta}-Specific Multistep Gene Expression Program in Mature Macrophages Requires Glucocorticoid-Mediated Surface Expression of TGF-{beta} Receptor II J. Immunol., May 15, 2008; 180(10): 6553 - 6565. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
J. Kzhyshkowska, A. Gratchev, C. Schmuttermaier, H. Brundiers, L. Krusell, S. Mamidi, J. Zhang, G. Workman, E. H. Sage, C. Anderle, et al. Alternatively Activated Macrophages Regulate Extracellular Levels of the Hormone Placental Lactogen via Receptor-Mediated Uptake and Transcytosis J. Immunol., March 1, 2008; 180(5): 3028 - 3037. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
| HOME | HELP | FEEDBACK | SUBSCRIPTIONS | ARCHIVE | SEARCH | TABLE OF CONTENTS |