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. 1990 Dec;71(6):845–856.

Identification of cells responsible for synthesis of sulphated glycosaminoglycans in schistosome-induced hepatic granulomas.

L C Silva 1, R Borojevic 1, P A Mourão 1
PMCID: PMC2002367  PMID: 2126187

Abstract

Sulphated glycosaminoglycans were isolated from schistosome-induced hepatic granuloma and from the pericellular, intracellular and extracellular compartments of two murine cell lines derived from granulomas: the primary cell line GR, and the permanent cell line GRX, established spontaneously from GR. The glycosaminoglycans composition in the whole granuloma was similar to that observed in the intracellular and extracellular compartments of GR cells. This result suggests that GR cells may be the major cell population involved in the synthesis and accumulation of glycosaminoglycans in the granulomas, and play an important role in the process of hepatic fibrosis. The conversion of the primary cell line GR into the established GRX cells did not modify the ratios that prevail among different glycosaminoglycans of the cell surface. However, it decreased the synthesis and secretion of glycosaminoglycans, reduced the proportion of iduronic acid units in the chondroitin sulphate, and increased the proportion of heparan sulphate in intracellular and extracellular pools. These characteristics of the GRX cells are similar to those observed in long-term cultures of smooth-muscle cells. In agreement with the general phenomenon of progressive de-differentiation during in-vitro culture of primary cell lines, these data indicate that the connective tissue cells of liver may belong to the myofibroblastic cell lineage.

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