LRP2 was identified as the antigen of rat experimental membranous nephropathy (Heyman nephritis) and originally named gp330 and subsequently megalin[4] and later LRP2. LRP2/megalin is a multiligand binding receptor found in the plasma membrane of many absorptive epithelial cells. LRP2/megalin is a member of a family of receptors with structural similarities to the low density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR). LRP2/megalin functions to mediate endocytosis of ligands leading to degradation in lysosomes or transcytosis. LRP2/megalin can also form complexes with cubilin: those complexes are able to reabsorb several molecules and can be inhibited by sodium maleate.[5]
LRP2 is expressed in epithelial cells of the thyroid (thyrocytes), where it can serve as a receptor for the protein thyroglobulin (Tg).[6]
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↑Patrie KM, Drescher AJ, Goyal M, Wiggins RC, Margolis B (April 2001). "The membrane-associated guanylate kinase protein MAGI-1 binds megalin and is present in glomerular podocytes". J. Am. Soc. Nephrol. 12 (4): 667–77. PMID11274227.
Further reading
Farquhar MG, Saito A, Kerjaschki D, Orlando RA (1995). "The Heymann nephritis antigenic complex: megalin (gp330) and RAP". J. Am. Soc. Nephrol. 6 (1): 35–47. PMID7579068.
Christensen EI, Birn H (2002). "Megalin and cubilin: multifunctional endocytic receptors". Nat. Rev. Mol. Cell Biol. 3 (4): 256–66. doi:10.1038/nrm778. PMID11994745.
Saito A, Takeda T, Hama H, Oyama Y, Hosaka K, Tanuma A, Kaseda R, Ueno M, Nishi S, Ogasawara S, Gondaira F, Suzuki Y, Gejyo F (2006). "Role of megalin, a proximal tubular endocytic receptor, in the pathogenesis of diabetic and metabolic syndrome-related nephropathies: protein metabolic overload hypothesis". Nephrology (Carlton, Vic.). 10 Suppl: S26–31. doi:10.1111/j.1440-1797.2005.00453.x. PMID16174284.
Christensen EI, Gliemann J, Moestrup SK (1992). "Renal tubule gp330 is a calcium binding receptor for endocytic uptake of protein". J. Histochem. Cytochem. 40 (10): 1481–90. doi:10.1177/40.10.1382088. PMID1382088.
Raychowdhury R, Niles JL, McCluskey RT, Smith JA (1989). "Autoimmune target in Heymann nephritis is a glycoprotein with homology to the LDL receptor". Science. 244 (4909): 1163–5. doi:10.1126/science.2786251. PMID2786251.
Kounnas MZ, Chappell DA, Strickland DK, Argraves WS (1993). "Glycoprotein 330, a member of the low density lipoprotein receptor family, binds lipoprotein lipase in vitro". J. Biol. Chem. 268 (19): 14176–81. PMID7686151.
Kounnas MZ, Loukinova EB, Stefansson S, Harmony JA, Brewer BH, Strickland DK, Argraves WS (1995). "Identification of glycoprotein 330 as an endocytic receptor for apolipoprotein J/clusterin". J. Biol. Chem. 270 (22): 13070–5. doi:10.1074/jbc.270.22.13070. PMID7768901.
Korenberg JR, Argraves KM, Chen XN, Tran H, Strickland DK, Argraves WS (1994). "Chromosomal localization of human genes for the LDL receptor family member glycoprotein 330 (LRP2) and its associated protein RAP (LRPAP1)". Genomics. 22 (1): 88–93. doi:10.1006/geno.1994.1348. PMID7959795.
Lundgren S, Hjälm G, Hellman P, Ek B, Juhlin C, Rastad J, Klareskog L, Akerström G, Rask L (1994). "A protein involved in calcium sensing of the human parathyroid and placental cytotrophoblast cells belongs to the LDL-receptor protein superfamily". Exp. Cell Res. 212 (2): 344–50. doi:10.1006/excr.1994.1153. PMID8187828.
Moestrup SK, Nielsen S, Andreasen P, Jørgensen KE, Nykjaer A, Røigaard H, Gliemann J, Christensen EI (1993). "Epithelial glycoprotein-330 mediates endocytosis of plasminogen activator-plasminogen activator inhibitor type-1 complexes". J. Biol. Chem. 268 (22): 16564–70. PMID8344937.
Hjälm G, Murray E, Crumley G, Harazim W, Lundgren S, Onyango I, Ek B, Larsson M, Juhlin C, Hellman P, Davis H, Akerström G, Rask L, Morse B (1996). "Cloning and sequencing of human gp330, a Ca(2+)-binding receptor with potential intracellular signaling properties". Eur. J. Biochem. 239 (1): 132–7. doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0132u.x. PMID8706697.
Cui S, Verroust PJ, Moestrup SK, Christensen EI (1996). "Megalin/gp330 mediates uptake of albumin in renal proximal tubule". Am. J. Physiol. 271 (4 Pt 2): F900–7. PMID8898021.
Lundgren S, Carling T, Hjälm G, Juhlin C, Rastad J, Pihlgren U, Rask L, Akerström G, Hellman P (1997). "Tissue distribution of human gp330/megalin, a putative Ca(2+)-sensing protein". J. Histochem. Cytochem. 45 (3): 383–92. doi:10.1177/002215549704500306. PMID9071320.
Birn H, Verroust PJ, Nexo E, Hager H, Jacobsen C, Christensen EI, Moestrup SK (1997). "Characterization of an epithelial approximately 460-kDa protein that facilitates endocytosis of intrinsic factor-vitamin B12 and binds receptor-associated protein". J. Biol. Chem. 272 (42): 26497–504. doi:10.1074/jbc.272.42.26497. PMID9334227.