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. 1985 Jul 1;229(1):63–71. doi: 10.1042/bj2290063

Endocytosis and degradation of chondroitin sulphate by liver endothelial cells.

B Smedsrød, L Kjellén, H Pertoft
PMCID: PMC1145150  PMID: 3929769

Abstract

Intravenously administered chondroitin sulphate, chemically labelled by [3H]acetylation of partially deacetylated polysaccharide, was taken up and degraded by the non-parenchymal cells of the liver. Studies using primary monolayer cultures of pure Kupffer cells, liver endothelial cells and parenchymal cells revealed that [3H]chondroitin sulphate was taken up and degraded by the liver endothelial cells only. Binding studies at 4 degrees C with [3H]chondroitin sulphate and 125I-chondroitin sulphate proteoglycan indicated that the glycosaminoglycan and the proteoglycan are recognized by the same binding sites on the liver endothelial cells. The ability of hyaluronic acid to compete with the labelled ligands for binding suggested that the binding site is identical with the recently described hyaluronate receptor on the liver endothelial cells [Smedsrød, Pertoft, Eriksson, Fraser & Laurent (1984) Biochem. J. 223, 617-626]. Fluorescein-labelled chondroitin sulphate proteoglycan accumulated in perinuclear vesicles of the liver endothelial cells, indicating that the proteoglycan is internalized and transported to the lysosomes. The finding that [3H]chondroitin sulphate and 125I-chondroitin sulphate proteoglycan were degraded by the liver endothelial cells to low-molecular-mass radioactive products suggested that both the polysaccharide chain and the core protein were catabolized by the cells.

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