Stable attachment of external epithelia to the basement membrane and underlying stroma is mediated by transmembrane proteins such as the integrin alpha6beta4 and bullous pemphigoid antigen 2 within the hemidesmosomes along the basolateral surface of the epithelial cell and their ligands that include a specialized subfamily of laminins. The laminin 5 molecule (previously termed kalinin/nicein/epiligrin) is a member of this epithelial-specific subfamily. Laminin 5 chains are not only considerably truncated within domains III-VI, but are also extensively proteolytically processed in vitro and in vivo. As a result, the domains expected to be required for the association of laminins with other basement membrane components are lacking in the mature laminin 5 molecule. Therefore, the tight binding of laminin 5 to the basement membrane may occur by a unique mechanism. To examine laminin 5 in tissue, we chose human amnion as the source, because of its availability and the similarity of the amniotic epithelial basement membrane with that of skin. We isolated the laminin 5 contained within the basement membrane of human amnion. In addition to monomeric laminin 5, we find that much of the laminin 5 isolated is covalently adducted with laminin 6 (alpha3beta1gamma1) and a novel laminin isotype we have termed laminin 7 (alpha3beta2gamma1). We propose that the association between laminin 5 and laminins 6 and 7 is a mechanism used in amnion to allow stable association of laminin 5 with the basement membrane. The beta2 chain is seen at the human amniotic epithelial-stromal interface and at the dermal-epidermal junction of fetal and adult bovine skin by immunofluorescence, but is not present, or only weakly present, in neonatal human skin.
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March 15 1996
Human amnion contains a novel laminin variant, laminin 7, which like laminin 6, covalently associates with laminin 5 to promote stable epithelial-stromal attachment.
M F Champliaud,
M F Champliaud
Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown 02129, USA.
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G P Lunstrum,
G P Lunstrum
Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown 02129, USA.
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P Rousselle,
P Rousselle
Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown 02129, USA.
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T Nishiyama,
T Nishiyama
Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown 02129, USA.
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D R Keene,
D R Keene
Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown 02129, USA.
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R E Burgeson
R E Burgeson
Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown 02129, USA.
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M F Champliaud
Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown 02129, USA.
G P Lunstrum
Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown 02129, USA.
P Rousselle
Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown 02129, USA.
T Nishiyama
Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown 02129, USA.
D R Keene
Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown 02129, USA.
R E Burgeson
Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown 02129, USA.
Online Issn: 1540-8140
Print Issn: 0021-9525
J Cell Biol (1996) 132 (6): 1189–1198.
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M F Champliaud, G P Lunstrum, P Rousselle, T Nishiyama, D R Keene, R E Burgeson; Human amnion contains a novel laminin variant, laminin 7, which like laminin 6, covalently associates with laminin 5 to promote stable epithelial-stromal attachment.. J Cell Biol 15 March 1996; 132 (6): 1189–1198. doi: https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.132.6.1189
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