Rm. Gibson et al., LECTIN AND EPIDERMAL GROWTH-FACTOR DOMAINS OF P-SELECTIN AT PHYSIOLOGICAL DENSITY ARE THE RECOGNITION UNIT FOR LEUKOCYTE BINDING, Blood, 85(1), 1995, pp. 151-158
P-selectin is an integral membrane glycoprotein on stimulated platelet
s and endothelial cells that serves as a receptor for leukocytes. To e
stimate the density of P-selectin in membranes necessary to support ad
hesion, we incorporated purified P-selectin at varying concentrations
into phospholipid bilayers that encapsulated glass microspheres. Maxim
al binding of these lipospheres to HL60 cells, a P-selectin ligand-exp
ressing cell line, was approached at a P-selectin density of about 100
molecules per mu m(2); half-maximal binding was observed at about 50
to 60 molecules per mu m(2). Compatible results were obtained with P-s
electin expressed on Chinese hamster ovary cells. The P-selectin densi
ty on stimulated platelets was estimated to be 150 to 200 molecules/mu
m(2). To identify the domains of P-selectin required for HL60 cell bi
nding, chimeras of P-selectin and L-selectin were stably expressed in
Chinese hamster ovary cells and clones that expressed the chimeras at
the estimated physiologic density were selected. Chimeras containing t
he P-selectin lectin and epidermal growth factor (EGF) domains or the
lectin, EGF, and short consensus repeats bound HL60 cells equivalently
, but a chimera containing the P-selectin lectin domain alone bound HL
60 cells much less well. These results indicate that at a physiologica
lly relevant P-selectin density on membrane surfaces, the lectin, and
EGF domains of P-selectin are together required for optimal leukocyte
binding. (C) 1995 by The American Society of Hematology.