The Journal of Immunology, Vol 145, Issue 8 2520-2526, Copyright © 1990 by American Association of Immunologists

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Participation of C1q and its receptor in adherence of human diploid fibroblast

S Bordin, B Ghebrehiwet and RC Page
Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.

C1q binds through its collagen-like domain to specific surface receptors of fibroblasts and to adhesive elements of extracellular matrix including fibronectin, collagens, proteoglycans, and laminin. To determine whether C1q participates in fibroblast adhesion, cells in serum-free medium were plated on surfaces coated with purified C1q at physiologic ionic strength and pH. Surfaces coated with fibronectin or collagen type I served as positive controls, and those coated with BSA were negative controls. Substratum-adsorbed C1q promoted fibroblast adhesion to a maximum of 73% of available cells within 90 min at 37 degrees C. Adhesion was C1q concentration dependent, saturable, specific, and dependent on the collagen-like domain of the molecule. De novo protein synthesis plays a role in adhesion: pretreatment of fibroblasts with cycloheximide reduced adherence about 50% of controls. Addition of exogenous fibronectin, collagen type I, or C1q as soluble mediators did not affect adhesion of the cycloheximide-treated cells to C1q substrate. Adhesion could be accounted for primarily, although not completely, by the C1q receptors. Antibodies raised against the Raji cell C1q receptors (alpha C1qR Ab) specifically inhibited fibroblast adhesion to C1q substrates about 60% of controls. The binding of fibroblasts to C1q substrates could be inhibited about 24% of controls with the GRGDTP cell recognition peptide. GRGDTP and alpha C1q Ab had an additive effect on adhesion that was inhibited 77 to 80% of controls. We conclude from these data that aggregated rather than monomeric C1q may be the natural ligand of the fibroblast C1q receptor, and the biologic function of the receptor in cells of the connective tissue may be cell adhesion.

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