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. 1979 Apr;76(4):1711–1715. doi: 10.1073/pnas.76.4.1711

Presence of chondroitin sulfate in the neuronal cytoplasm.

R K Margolis, M D Thomas, C P Crockett, R U Margolis
PMCID: PMC383460  PMID: 287011

Abstract

The distribution of glycosaminoglycans and glycoproteins has been studied in cytoplasmic and particulate fractions of neurons isolated in bulk from rat cerebrum. Lysis of the neurons in 25 mM sodium phosphate buffer at pH 7.5 released 20% of the protein and over 90% of the lactate dehydrogenase in a soluble form. Eighty-two percent of the chondroitin sulfate was also released, together with 55% of the heparan sulfate and 24-25% of the hyaluronic acid and glycoproteins. The chondroitin sulfate remaining in the membranes was completely depolymerized to disaccharides after treatment with chondroitinase ABC, and treatment of the neuronal membranes with 0.1% trypsin removed 55-63% of the chondroitin sulfate and heparan sulfate but only 25% of the sulfated glycoproteins. The results reported here support our previous conclusion that the soluble chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan of brain is largely a cytoplasmic constitutent of neurons (and astrocytes) and is not primarily present in nervous tissue as an extracellular ground substance.

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