The
laminin
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1 chain G domain has multiple biological activities. Previously, we identifiedcell binding sequences in the
laminin
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1 chain G domain by screening 113 synthetic peptide-polystyrenebeads for cell attachment activity. Here, we have used a recombinant protein of the
laminin
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1 G domain(rec-
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1G) and a large set of synthetic peptides to further identify and characterize heparin, cell, andsyndecan-4 binding sites in the
laminin
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1 chain G domain. The rec-
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1G protein promoted both cellattachment and heparin binding (
KD = 19 nM). Cell attachment to the rec-
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1G protein was i
nhibited60% by heparin and 30% by EDTA. The heparin binding sites were identified by competing heparinbinding to the rec-
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1G protein with 110 synthetic peptides in solution. Only two peptides, AG73 (IC
50 =147
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M) and AG75 (IC
50 = 206
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M), i
nhibited heparin binding to rec-
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1G. When the peptides werecompared in a solid-phase heparin binding assay, AG73 showed more heparin binding than AG75. AG73also i
nhibited fibroblast attachment to the rec-
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1G protein, but AG75 did not. Cell attachment to thepeptides was studied using peptide-coated plates and peptide-conjugated sepharose beads. AG73 promotedcell attachment in both assays, but AG75 only showed cell attachment activity in the bead assay.Additionally, AG73, but not AG75, i
nhibited branching morphogenesis of mouse submandibular glandsin organ culture. Furthermore, the rec-
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1G protein bound syndecan-4, and both AG73 and AG75 i
nhibitedthis binding. These results suggest that the AG73 and AG75 sites are important for heparin and syndecan-4binding in the
laminin
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1 chain G domain. These sites may play a critical role in the diverse biologicalactivities involving heparin and syndecan-4 binding.