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. 1984 Aug 1;221(3):845–853. doi: 10.1042/bj2210845

A chondroitin sulphate proteoglycan from human cultured glial and glioma cells. Structural and functional properties.

B Norling, B Glimelius, A Wasteson
PMCID: PMC1144115  PMID: 6477500

Abstract

A chondroitin sulphate proteoglycan capable of forming large aggregates with hyaluronic acid was identified in cultures of human glial and glioma cells. The glial- cell- and glioma-cell-derived products were mutually indistinguishable and had some basic properties in common with the analogous chondroitin sulphate proteoglycan of cartilage: hydrodynamic size, dependence on a minimal size of hyaluronic acid for recognition, stabilization of aggregates by link protein, and precipitability with antibodies raised against bovine cartilage chondroitin sulphate proteoglycan. However, they differed in some aspects: lower buoyant density, larger, but fewer, chondroitin sulphate side chains, presence of iduronic acid-containing repeating units, and absence (less than 1%) of keratan sulphate. Apparently the major difference between glial/glioma and cartilage chondroitin sulphate proteoglycans relates to the glycan rather than to the protein moiety of the molecule.

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