Beta-1 and beta-4 integrins, and laminin 67 kDa receptors in interaction between A431 cells and laminin isoforms
Cherepanova, O.A.; Kalmykova, N.V.; Blinova, M.I.; Pinaev, G.P.
Tsitologiia 45(3): 271-276
2003
ISSN/ISBN: 0041-3771 PMID: 14520883 Document Number: 560902
Laminins, as basal membrane glycoproteins, are able to stimulate cell adhesion and migration, and to influence gene expression. The laminin molecule has a set of bioactive sites that interact with different integrin and nonintegrin receptors, and, as a result, the reaction of the same cell type to different laminin isoforms may be different. The aim of this study was to determine the contributions of both integrins with beta 1 and beta 4 chains and 67 kDa laminin receptor in the interaction of A431 cells with two laminin isoforms: laminin-1 and laminin-2/4. The obtained data show that integrin alpha 6 beta 4 is more specific for interaction with laminin-2/4 than with laminin-1 and takes part in the stage of attachment of A431 cells to laminin. 67 kDa receptor promotes cell spreading on laminin-2/4 and inhibits cell spreading on laminin-1. An assumption was made about the complex action of receptors for interaction of A431 cells with laminins ("integrin alpha 6 beta 4--67 kDa receptors" complex).