The Lutheran Blood Group Glycoprotein, Another Member of the Immunoglobulin Superfamily, is Widely Expressed in Human Tissues and is Developmentally Regulated in Human Liver

Overview

Journal Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

Specialty Science

Date 1995 Jun 6

PMID 7777537

Citations 30

Authors

S F Parsons

G Mallinson

C H Holmes

J M Houlihan

K L Simpson

W J Mawby

N K Spurr

D Warne

A N Barclay

D J Anstee

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Abstract

Glycoproteins expressing the Lutheran blood group antigens were isolated from human erythrocyte membranes and from human fetal liver. Amino acid sequence analyses allowed the design of redundant oligonucleotides that were used to generate a 459-bp, sequence-specific probe by PCR. A cDNA clone of 2400 bp was isolated from a human placental lambda gt 11 library and sequenced, and the deduced amino acid sequence was studied. The predicted mature protein is a type I membrane protein of 597 amino acids with five potential N-glycosylation sites. There are five disulfide-bonded, extracellular, immunoglobulin superfamily domains (two variable-region set and three constant-region set), a single hydrophobic, membrane-spanning domain, and a cytoplasmic domain of 59 residues. The overall structure is similar to that of the human tumor marker MUC 18 and the chicken neural adhesion molecule SC1. The extracellular domains and cytoplasmic domain contain consensus motifs for the binding of integrin and Src homology 3 domains, respectively, suggesting possible receptor and signal-transduction function. Immunostaining of human tissues demonstrated a wide distribution and provided evidence that the glycoprotein is under developmental control in liver and may also be regulated during differentiation in other tissues.

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