A major mouse T-lymphoma surface glycoprotein (gp180) has been identified by labeling cells with 125I and [3H]glucosamine. After ligand-induced receptor patching and/or capping, the amount of gp 180 in the membrane-associated cytoskeleton fraction increases in direct proportion to the percentage of patched/capped cells. There is a parallel increase in the amount of fodrin in the membrane-associated cytoskeleton fraction. Evidence is presented that gp180 is the same as or very similar to the T-lymphocyte-specific glycoprotein T-200. An immunobinding assay of Nonidet P-40-solubilized plasma membrane selectively co-isolates gp180 and fodrin. After induction of receptor rearrangement, double-label immunofluorescence reveals that fodrin accumulated directly beneath gp180 patches and caps. Membrane extraction with Triton X-114 followed by sucrose gradient centrifugation permits isolation of a gp180-fodrin complex with a 1:1 molar ratio and sedimentation coefficient(s) of approximately 20. This complex remains stable during isoelectric focusing and exhibits a pl in the range of 5.2-5.7. On the basis of our results we conclude that gp180, an integral membrane glycoprotein, and fodrin, a component of the membrane-associated cytoskeleton, are closely associated into a complex. Furthermore, we contend that, through fodrin's association with actin, this complex is of functional significance in ligand-induced patching and capping of gp180. We also propose that, through lateral interactions in the plane of the membrane, the gp180-fodrin complex might be responsible for linking other surface receptors to the intracellular microfilament network during lymphocyte patching and capping.
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August 01 1985
A T-lymphoma transmembrane glycoprotein (gp180) is linked to the cytoskeletal protein, fodrin.
L Y Bourguignon
S J Suchard
M L Nagpal
J R Glenney, Jr
Online ISSN: 1540-8140
Print ISSN: 0021-9525
J Cell Biol (1985) 101 (2): 477–487.
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L Y Bourguignon, S J Suchard, M L Nagpal, J R Glenney; A T-lymphoma transmembrane glycoprotein (gp180) is linked to the cytoskeletal protein, fodrin.. J Cell Biol 1 August 1985; 101 (2): 477–487. doi: https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.101.2.477
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