Both the voltage-dependent anion channel and the glucoseregulated protein 78 have been identified as plasminogen kringle 5 receptors on endothelial cells. In this study, we demonstrate that kringle 5 binds to a region localized in the N-terminal domain of the glucose-regulated protein 78, whereas microplasminogen does so through the C-terminal domain of the glucose-regulated protein 78. Both plasminogen fragments induce Ca 2؉ signaling cascades; however, kringle 5 acts through voltage-dependent anion channel and microplasminogen does so via the glucose-regulated protein 78. Because trafficking of voltage-dependent anion channel to the cell surface is associated with heat shock proteins, we investigated a possible association between voltage-dependent anion channel and glucose-regulated protein 78 on the surface of 1-LN human prostate tumor cells. We demonstrate that these proteins co-localize, and changes in the expression of the glucoseregulated protein 78 affect the expression of voltage-dependent anion channel. To differentiate the functions of these receptor proteins, either when acting singly or as a complex, we employed human hexokinase I as a specific ligand for voltage-dependent anion channel, in addition to kringle 5. We show that kringle 5 inhibits 1-LN cell proliferation and promotes caspase-7 activity by a mechanism that requires binding to cell surface voltage-dependent anion channel and is inhibited by human hexokinase I.
Plasminogen (Pg)2 is a single-chain 92-kDa glycoprotein containing 791 amino acid residues (1, 2). There are seven distinct domains in the Pg molecule: an N-terminal peptide (NTP), five kringle domains, and a serine proteinase domain (3). The kringle domains, each comprising ϳ80 amino acids, are double-looped disulfide-bonded structures that contain the lysinebinding sites (LBS) responsible for Pg binding to extracellular matrix molecules (4) and cell receptors (5, 6). In addition to the LBS, Pg also has three benzamidine binding sites (BBS), one in K5, a second in the active site of the proteinase domain, and a third unknown site in the Pg proteinase domain (7).Pg is the precursor of angiostatins, a group of anti-angiogenic molecules, consisting of kringles 1-3 (K1-3), 1-4, and 1-5, as well as the single kringles 1 (K1), 2, 3, and 5, but not K4 (8 -10). We have extensively studied the functions of K1-3 and K5 on both endothelial and prostate tumor cell lines (11,12). We reported that K5 binding to the voltage-dependent anion channel (VDAC) on the surface of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) interfered with mechanisms controlling the regulation of intracellular Ca 2ϩ producing a decrease in intracellular pH (11). A recent study also suggests, that K5 binds with high affinity to surface-expressed glucose-regulated protein 78 (GRP78) (13). Both VDAC and GRP78 are expressed on the cell surface in lipid rafts (14, 15). Because trafficking of VDAC to the cell membrane is associated with the heat shock proteins GRP75 and HSP70 (16, 17), we hypothesized a possible associatio...