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. 1990 Jan 1;265(1):61–68. doi: 10.1042/bj2650061

Aortic endothelial cells synthesize a large chondroitin sulphate proteoglycan capable of binding to hyaluronate.

H Morita 1, T Takeuchi 1, S Suzuki 1, K Maeda 1, K Yamada 1, G Eguchi 1, K Kimata 1
PMCID: PMC1136614  PMID: 2302173

Abstract

Confluent cultures of mouse aortic endothelial (END-D) were incubated with either [35S]methionine or 35SO4 2-, and the radiolabelled proteoglycans in media and cell layers were analysed for their hyaluronate-binding activity. The proteoglycan subfraction which bound to hyaluronate accounted for about 18% (media) and 10% (cell layers) of the total 35S radioactivity of each proteoglycan fraction. The bound proteoglycan molecules could be dissociated from the aggregates either by digestion with hyaluronate lyase or by treatment with hyaluronate decasaccharides. Digestion of [methionine-35S]proteoglycans with chondroitinase and/or heparitinase, followed by SDS/polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis, indicated that the medium and cell layer contain at least three chondroitin sulphate proteoglycans, one dermatan sulphate proteoglycan, and two heparan sulphate proteoglycans which differ from one another in the size of core molecules. Among these, only the hydrodynamically large chondroitin sulphate species with an Mr 550,000 core molecule was shown to bind to hyaluronate. A very similar chondroitin sulphate proteoglycan capable of binding to hyaluronate was also found in cultures of calf pulmonary arterial endothelial cells (A.T.C.C. CCL 209). These observations, together with the known effects of hyaluronate on various cellular activities, suggest the existence of possible specialized functions of this proteoglycan subspecies in cellular processes characteristic of vascular development and diseases.

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