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  • Title: Relationship of collagen-tailed acetylcholinesterase with basal lamina components. Absence of binding with laminin, fibronectin, and collagen types IV and V and lack of reactivity with different anti-collagen sera.
    Author: Grassi J, Massoulié J, Timpl R.
    Journal: Eur J Biochem; 1983 Jun 01; 133(1):31-8. PubMed ID: 6852032.
    Abstract:
    In view of their supposed localization in extracellular structures, such as basal lamina, we have investigated the possible interactions of collagen-tailed forms of acetylcholinesterase from Electrophorus and bovine superior cervical ganglion with matrix proteins: laminin, fibronectin and types IV and V collagens. Using binding and sedimentation assays, with iodinated or non-radioactive matrix proteins, we have not observed any significant interaction, in conditions of high or low ionic strength. We also examined whether the collagen tail of acetylcholinesterase asymmetric forms possessed an immunological relationship with known collagen types (I, III, IV, V) from mammalian sources. We found no specific immunoreactivity with any of the 32 sera studied, either with the iodinated Electrophorus or with the native bovine enzyme. We conclude from these negative results that the collagen-like tail of acetylcholinesterase is clearly distinct from the classical types of collagen and that asymmetric forms of the enzyme do not interact specifically with the matrix proteins studied. This does not exclude the possibility of specific interactions with other components, remaining to be identified.
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