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The Journal of Cell Biology, Vol 134, 1313-1322, Copyright © 1996 by The Rockefeller University Press
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FP Lindberg, HD Gresham, MI Reinhold and EJ Brown
Department of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA. lindberg@id.wustl.edu
Integrin-associated protein (IAP/CD47) is physically associated with the alpha v beta 3 vitronectin (Vn) receptor and a functionally and immunologically related integrin on neutrophils (PMN) and monocytes. Anti-IAP antibodies inhibit multiple phagocyte functions, including Arg- Gly-Asp (RGD)-initiated activation of phagocytosis, chemotaxis, and respiratory burst; PMN adhesion to entactin; and PMN transendothelial and transepithelial migration at a step subsequent to tight intercellular adhesion. Anti-IAP antibodies also inhibit binding of Vn- coated particles to many cells expressing alpha v beta 3. However, prior studies with anti-IAP did not directly address IAP function because they could not distinguish between IAP blockade and antibody- induced signaling effects on cells. To better determine the function of IAP, we have characterized and used an IAP-deficient human cell line. Despite expressing alpha v integrins, these cells do not bind Vn-coated particles unless transfected with IAP expression constructs. Increasing the level of alpha v beta 3 expression or increasing Vn density on the particle does not overcome the requirement for IAP. All known splice variants of IAP restore Vn particle binding equivalently. Indeed, the membrane-anchored IAP Ig variable domain suffices to mediate Vn particle binding in this system, while the multiply membrane-spanning and cytoplasmic domains are dispensable. In all cases, adhesion to a Vn- coated surface and fibronectin particle binding through alpha 5 beta 1 fibronectin receptors are independent of IAP expression. These data demonstrate that some alpha v integrin ligand-binding functions are IAP independent, whereas others require IAP, presumably through direct physical interaction between its Ig domain and the integrin.
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