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Phosphorylation of surface E-selectin and the effect of soluble ligand (Sialyl Lewisx) on the half-life of E-selectin
β Scribed by Edgar F. Smeets; Theodora De Vries; Jet F. M. Leeuwenberg; Dirk H. van den Eijnden; Wim A. Buurman; Jacques J. Neefjes
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 638 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0014-2980
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β¦ Synopsis
Phosphorylation of surface E-selectin and the effect of soluble ligand (Sialyl Lewis") on the half-life of E-selectin* E-selectin (ELAM-1) is an adhesion molecule for leukocytes that is transiently expressed on endothelial cells. Following cell surface expression of E-selectin on human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) stimulated with tumor necrosis factor, the induced E-selectin molecules are rapidly degraded. The kinetics of turnover of surface disposed E-selectin were investigated. The rapid disappearance of surface E-selectin is temperature dependent and sensitive to the lysosomotropic agent chloroquine. The half-life of E-selectin is not affected by inclusion of soluble sialyl Lewis x (sLeX) ligands in the medium. Surface E-selectin is phosphorylated on one or more serine residues, but this modification is not obviously related to internalization.
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