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J L López-Ribot1, J Bikandi, R S San Millán
1Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock 79430, USA.
Abstract:
Tenascins are large multimeric proteins that contain repeated structural motifs that include epidermal growth factor (EGF)-like repeats, fibronectin type III repeats and a globular fibrinogen-like domain, and are involved in tissue and organ morphogenesis, as well as in adhesion and migration of cells. C. albicans germ-tubes, but not blastospores, were able to bind to soluble human tenascin-C as revealed by an indirect immunofluorescence assay. However, materials present in cell wall extracts from both morphologies attached to tenascin-C immobilized in wells of a microtiter plate. The binding specificity was demonstrated by the inhibitory effect of antibodies against C. albicans cell wall components and an anti-tenascin antibody, but not anti-laminin antibody. Fibronectin, but not fibrinogen, inhibited binding, thus indicating a role of the fibronectin type III repeats in the interaction between the fungus and tenascin-C. Binding of C. albicans cell wall materials to tenascin was RGD- and divalent cation-independent.
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