BISPECIFIC RECEPTOR GLOBULINS, NOVEL TOOLS FOR THE STUDY OF CELLULAR INTERACTIONS - PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF AN E-SELECTIN P-SELECTIN BISPECIFIC RECEPTOR GLOBULIN
Mt. Dietsch et al., BISPECIFIC RECEPTOR GLOBULINS, NOVEL TOOLS FOR THE STUDY OF CELLULAR INTERACTIONS - PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF AN E-SELECTIN P-SELECTIN BISPECIFIC RECEPTOR GLOBULIN, Journal of immunological methods, 162(1), 1993, pp. 123-132
In recent years the functional consequences of receptor/ligand interac
tions have been studied in vitro and in vivo using monospecific recomb
inant immunoglobulin fusion proteins (recombinant/receptor globulins,
Rg). These proteins are encoded by chimeric genes composed of a DNA fr
agment encoding the extracellular domain of a cell surface protein gra
fted onto a DNA fragment encoding immunoglobulin constant domains. In
order to extend the range of applications of Rgs we investigated the p
ossibility of preparing bispecific Rgs. These bispecific fusion protei
ns contain the extracellular domains of two cell surface proteins held
together in close proximity by the constant domains of an immunoglobu
lin. Here we describe the preparation and characterization of a bispec
ific Rg which contains the extracellular domains of two adhesion molec
ules expressed by activated vascular endothelial cells, E-selectin and
P-selectin. These two proteins play an important role in initiating l
eukocyte adhesion to the vascular cell wall at sites of inflammation.
Binding studies showed that the E-selectin/P-selectin bispecific immun
oglobulin fusion protein (ELAM-1/GMP140 Rg) has an enhanced ability to
bind to the myeloid cell line HL60 when compared to the monospecific
Rg fusion proteins from which it was derived.