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. 2010 Apr 23;3(4):1241–1278. doi: 10.3390/ph3041241

Table 3.

TSP-1 ligands and their binding domains in the TSP-1 structure.

Ligand Binding domain in TSP-1 Reference
free molecules (body fluids) AGFs FGF2 • type III repeats [7]
VEGF • type I repeats [37]
HGF • 3D conformation [11]
HIV-1 Tat N.D. [12]
TGF-β • 2nd type I repeats (RFK sequence) [132,133,134]
  • type I repeats (WSXW sequence) [133,134]
PDGF-BB • 3D conformation [135]
proteases and regulators MMP-2 • type I repeats [136]
Plg/plasmin N.D. [137,138,139]
tissue Plg activator N.D. [140]
urokinase Plg activator N.D. [141]
neutrophil elastase • type III repeats [142]
cathepsin G • type III repeats [142,143]
tissue factor inhibitor N.D. [144]
others heparin • N-ter domain [motifs Hep I (aa 17-35) & Hep II (aa 78-94)] [103,145]
  • type I repeats [146,147]
  • signature domain [148]
histidine-rich glycoprotein N.D. [149]
factor V N.D. [150]
angiocidin • 2nd and 3rd type I repeats (CSVTCG sequence) [151]
calumenin • N-ter domain (aa 21- 228) [152]
endostatin N.D. [153]
cell surface receptors CD36 • type I repeats [112]
CD47 • C-ter domain [118,122,154]
HSPGs • N-ter domain [motifs Hep I (aa 17-35) & Hep II (aa 78-94)] [103,145]
  • signature domain [148]
sulfated glycolipids • N-ter domain [155]
  • 3D conformation [155]
LRP • N-ter domain [126,155]
VLDL receptor • N-ter domain [156,157]
calreticulin • N-ter domain (aa 17-35) [126,158]
integrins • N-ter domain [107,129,159,160,161]
  • type I repeats [128,130,162]
  • type III repeats (RGD sequence) [118,163]
ECM collagen I N.D. [164]
collagen V • procollagen domain + type I & II repeats [165,166]
fibronectin • N-ter domain + type I & II repeats [167,168]
laminin N.D. [165]
fibrinogen/fibrin • N-ter domain [157]
  • procollagen domain [146]
  • type I repeats [169,170]
von Willebrand factor • signature domain [171]
dermatan sulfate • N-ter domain (KKTR sequence) [172]
chondroitin sulfate • N-ter domain [155]
IGF-binding protein-5 • N.D. [173]

N.D., not determined. HSPGs, reported here as cell surface receptors, are also constituents of ECM. Conversely, dermatan- and chondroitin-sulfates, reported as ECM components, also exist as saccharidic chains of cell surface proteoglycans.