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. 1987 May 15;244(1):27–33. doi: 10.1042/bj2440027

The heterogeneity of the non-aggregating proteoglycans of the human intervertebral disc.

J L DiFabio 1, R H Pearce 1, B Caterson 1, H Hughes 1
PMCID: PMC1147948  PMID: 3117036

Abstract

Non-aggregating proteoglycans of differing average hydrodynamic volumes were prepared from nuclei pulposi and anuli fibrosi of three human lumbar spines and characterized by biochemical and immunochemical analyses. The hexose-to-hexuronate and protein-to-hexuronate ratios increased with decreasing hydrodynamic volume. Analysis by composite agarose/polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis has demonstrated two aggregating subpopulations [McDevitt, Jahnke & Green (1982) Trans. Annu. Meet. Orthop. Res. Soc. 7, 50]. In the present study, electrophoresis of the non-aggregating pools has shown three additional subpopulations, here named bands III, IV and V. The two smallest proteoglycan pools from each tissue contained two and three components respectively. These components were isolated by preparative electrophoresis and analysed. Band III was a proteoglycan richer in keratan sulphate than in chondroitin sulphate; band IV was a proteoglycan richer in chondroitin sulphate than in keratan sulphate; band V contained only chondroitin sulphate. Unsaturated disaccharides prepared from the chondroitin sulphate of all bands were predominantly 6-sulphated, with only 5-15% 4-sulphated. The molecular masses of the chondroitin sulphate and keratan sulphate did not differ between the bands. The amino acid composition of band III differed from that of band IV. Thus three distinct subpopulations of non-aggregating proteoglycan were demonstrated in the human intervertebral disc.

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