Volume 272, Number 2, Issue of January 10, 1997 pp. 731-738
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Ligand Binding Specificities of the Two Mannose 6-Phosphate Receptors

(Received for publication, August 28, 1996, and in revised form, October 28, 1996)

David E. Sleat and Peter Lobel ^§

From the  Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854 and the ^§ Department of Pharmacology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854

Two mannose 6-phosphate (Man-6-P) receptors (MPRs) direct the vesicular transport of newly synthesized lysosomal enzymes that contain Man-6-P from the Golgi to a prelysosomal compartment. In order to understand the respective roles of the M_r = 46,000 cation-dependent (CD-) MPR and the M_r = 300,000 cation-independent (CI-) MPR in lysosomal targeting, an assay has been developed that simultaneously measures the relative affinity of each MPR for multiple ligands. Glycoproteins containing Man-6-P were affinity-purified from the metabolically labeled secretions of mutant mouse fibroblasts lacking both MPRs. They were incubated with purified MPRs, and the resulting receptor-ligand complexes were immunoprecipitated by anti-MPR monoclonal antibodies coupled to agarose beads. Ligands were eluted with Man-6-P and then quantified following SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Saturating concentrations of CI-MPR resulted in the complete recovery of each Man-6-P glycoprotein in receptor-ligand complexes. Apparent affinity constants ranged between 1 and 5 nM for the individual species. Ligands precipitated by the CD-MPR appeared identical to those bound by the CI-MPR, with apparent affinity constants ranging between 7 and 28 nM. The binding affinities of the two receptors for different ligands were not correlated, indicating that the two MPRs preferentially recognize different subsets of lysosomal enzymes. In addition, saturating levels of CD-MPR resulted in the precipitation of only 50% of the total input ligands, suggesting that the CD-MPR binds a subpopulation of the Man-6-P glycoproteins bound by the CI-MPR. These results provide a biochemical mechanism, which, in part, may explain the interaction of the two MPRs with overlapping yet distinct subsets of ligands in vivo.

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