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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 262, Issue 34, 16343-16348, 12, 1987

Structural requirements for the neutralization of heparin-like saccharides by complement S protein/vitronectin

DA Lane, AM Flynn, G Pejler, U Lindahl, J Choay and K Preissner
Department of Haematology, Charing Cross and Westminister Medical School, London, United Kingdom.

S protein, a major inhibitor of the assembly of the membrane attack complex of complement, has recently been shown to be identical to the serum spreading factor vitronectin. It also neutralizes the anticoagulant activities of heparin. We have studied the structural requirements for the heparin neutralizing properties of S protein/vitronectin using heparin, heparan sulfate, and heparin oligosaccharides with well defined anticoagulant specificities. The abilities of heparin fractions, Mr 7,800-18,800, with high affinity for antithrombin, and of the International Heparin Standard, to accelerate the inactivation of thrombin and Factor Xa by antithrombin were readily neutralized by S protein/vitronectin. Binding and neutralization of heparin by S protein/vitronectin was inhibited by heparin with low affinity for antithrombin, indicating that S protein/vitronectin can interact with a region on the heparin chain that might serve as a proteinase binding site. S protein/vitronectin efficiently neutralized oligosaccharides of Mr 2,400-7,200, unlike the two other physiologically occurring heparin neutralizing proteins histidine-rich glycoprotein and platelet factor 4. Furthermore, S protein/vitronectin neutralized the anti-Factor Xa activity of a synthetic pentasaccharide comprising the antithrombin-binding sequence of heparin. High molar excess of a synthetic tridecapeptide corresponding to part (amino acids 374-359) of the proposed glycosaminoglycan binding domain of S protein/vitronectin neutralized high affinity heparin and some oligosaccharides, but failed to neutralize the synthetic antithrombin- binding pentasaccharide. Like platelet factor 4, but unlike histidine- rich glycoprotein, S protein/vitronectin readily neutralized the anticoagulant activities of heparan sulfate of Mr approximately 20,000. These findings suggest that S protein/vitronectin may interact through its glycosaminoglycan binding domain(s) with various functional domains of the heparin (heparan sulfate) molecule, including the antithrombin- binding pentasaccharide sequence. Furthermore, the results suggest that S protein/vitronectin may be a physiologically important modulator of the anticoagulant activity of heparin-like material on or near the vascular endothelium.
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