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Vol. 10, Issue 3, 785-798, March 1999

Modulation of Cell Proliferation and Differentiation through Substrate-dependent Changes in Fibronectin Conformation

Andrés J. García,* María D. Vega, and David Boettiger

Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104

Integrin-mediated cell adhesion to extracellular matrices provides signals essential for cell cycle progression and differentiation. We demonstrate that substrate-dependent changes in the conformation of adsorbed fibronectin (Fn) modulated integrin binding and controlled switching between proliferation and differentiation. Adsorption of Fn onto bacterial polystyrene (B), tissue culture polystyrene (T), and collagen (C) resulted in differences in Fn conformation as indicated by antibody binding. Using a biochemical method to quantify bound integrins in cultured cells, we found that differences in Fn conformation altered the quantity of bound alpha 5 and beta 1 integrin subunits but not alpha v or beta 3. C2C12 myoblasts grown on these Fn-coated substrates proliferated to different levels (B > T > C). Immunostaining for muscle-specific myosin revealed minimal differentiation on B, significant levels on T, and extensive differentiation on C. Differentiation required binding to the RGD cell binding site in Fn and was blocked by antibodies specific for this site. Switching between proliferation and differentiation was controlled by the levels of alpha 5beta 1 integrin bound to Fn, and differentiation was inhibited by anti-alpha 5, but not anti-alpha v, antibodies, suggesting distinct integrin-mediated signaling pathways. Control of cell proliferation and differentiation through conformational changes in extracellular matrix proteins represents a versatile mechanism to elicit specific cellular responses for biological and biotechnological applications.


*   Corresponding author: Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0405. E-mail address: andres.garcia{at}me.gatech.edu.


Molecular Biology of the Cell
Vol. 10, 785-798, March 1999
Copyright © 1999 by The American Society for Cell Biology



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