Identification of the alphavbeta3 integrin-interacting motif of betaig-h3 and its anti-angiogenic effect

J Biol Chem. 2003 Jul 11;278(28):25902-9. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M300358200. Epub 2003 Apr 17.

Abstract

betaig-h3 is an extracellular matrix protein that mediates adhesion and migration of several cell types through interaction with integrins. In the present study, we tested whether betaig-h3 mediates endothelial cell adhesion and migration, thereby regulating angiogenesis. In this study, we demonstrate that not only betaig-h3 itself but also all four fas-1 domains of betaig-h3 mediate endothelial cell adhesion and migration through interaction with the alphavbeta3 integrin. We found that the alphavbeta3 integrin-interacting motif of the four fas-1 domains of betaig-h3 is the same YH motif that we reported previously to interact with alphavbeta5 integrin. The YH peptide inhibited endothelial cell adhesion and migration in a dose-dependent manner. We demonstrate that the YH peptide has anti-angiogenic activity in vitro and in vivo using an endothelial cell tube formation assay and a Matrigel plug assay, respectively. Our results reveal that betaig-h3 bears alphavbeta3 integrin-interacting motifs that mediate endothelial cell adhesion and migration and, therefore, may regulate angiogenesis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Motifs
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Cell Adhesion
  • Cell Movement
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Collagen / pharmacology
  • DNA / metabolism
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drug Combinations
  • Endothelium, Vascular / cytology
  • Extracellular Matrix Proteins*
  • Flow Cytometry
  • Humans
  • Integrin alphaVbeta3 / chemistry*
  • Laminin / pharmacology
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Models, Genetic
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Neoplasm Proteins / chemistry*
  • Neovascularization, Pathologic
  • Peptides / chemistry
  • Protein Binding
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary
  • Proteoglycans / pharmacology
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
  • Time Factors
  • Transforming Growth Factor beta*
  • Umbilical Veins / cytology

Substances

  • Drug Combinations
  • Extracellular Matrix Proteins
  • Integrin alphaVbeta3
  • Laminin
  • Neoplasm Proteins
  • Peptides
  • Proteoglycans
  • Transforming Growth Factor beta
  • matrigel
  • betaIG-H3 protein
  • Collagen
  • DNA