Title

Carbohydrate-binding protein 35 is the major cell-surface laminin-binding protein in colon carcinoma

UMMS Affiliation

Department of Cancer Biology

Publication Date

1991-12-11

Document Type

Article

Subjects

Antigens, Differentiation; Carcinoma; Carrier Proteins; Chromatography, Affinity; Colonic Neoplasms; Flow Cytometry; Galectin 3; Hemagglutinins; Humans; Immunoblotting; Membrane Proteins; Neoplasm Proteins; Tumor Cells, Cultured

Disciplines

Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins | Cancer Biology | Carbohydrates | Cells | Digestive System Diseases | Neoplasms

Abstract

The interaction of tumor cells with laminin is thought to be critical in invasion and metastasis. We found that an endogenous lectin, carbohydrate-binding protein 35 (CBP-35), is the major laminin-binding protein on human colon carcinoma cells and that its surface expression suggests involvement in metastasis. We identified CBP-35 by laminin-affinity chromatography and immunoblotting. Surface expression of CBP-35 on eight human colon carcinoma cell lines was compared by flow cytometry. Poorly differentiated cell lines and DLD-2, a signet-ring carcinoma cell line, expressed more surface CBP-35 than well-differentiated cell lines. Poorly differentiated cell lines and DLD-2 are characterized as aggressive cell lines because they adhere to and invade through reconstituted basement membrane significantly better than well-differentiated cell lines. These data suggest that CBP-35 is involved in tumor cell-basement membrane interactions and that an increase in CBP-35 surface expression may facilitate metastatic potential of colon carcinoma cells.

DOI of Published Version

10.1001/archsurg.1991.01410360072011

Source

Arch Surg. 1991 Dec;126(12):1498-502.

Journal/Book/Conference Title

Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960)

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PubMed ID

1842179

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