Reactivity of chemically cross-linked fibrinogen and its fragments D toward the staphylococcal clumping receptor

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It has been established that the binding domain for the staphylococcal clumping receptor exists in fragment D of human fibrinogen [Hawiger J., Timmons, S., Strong, D. D., Cottrell, B. A., Riley, M., and Doolittle, R. F. (1982) Biochemistry 21, 1407; Strong, D. D., Laudano, A., Hawiger, J., and Doolittle, R. F. (1982) Biochemistry 21, 1414]. To examine the role of valency in the adhesive function of fibrinogen, its fragments were prepared by digestion with plasmin in the presence of calcium and purified by a two-step chromatographic procedure. Fragments D1 and E did not induce the staphylococcal clumping reaction. After they were prepared in oligomeric form by chemical cross-linking with glutaraldehyde, fragment D1 (Mr 94000) became functionally reactive toward the staphylococcal clumping receptor, and fragment D3 (Mr 75000) and fragment E (Mr 50000) remained inactive. Fragment D dimer derived from enzymatic cross-linking was not reactive. Human fibrinogen cross-linked with glutaraldehyde usually reached a 250 times higher reactivity toward the staphylococcal clumping receptor, depending on the condition of the cross-linking reaction. It is concuded that the valency of fibrinogen in regard to its receptor binding domain and the availability of this domain are essential for the staphylococcal clumping reaction.

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