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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-5-6
pubmed:abstractText
Cultured arterial smooth muscle cells synthesize a cell-associated heparan sulfate proteoglycan which consists of a 92 kDa core protein with 3 to 4 heparan sulfate side chains covalently attached. Biosynthesis of the cell-associated heparan sulfate proteoglycan was compared in proliferating and in non-dividing vascular smooth muscle cells which are preincubated in the presence of [35]sulfate or a combination of [35S]methionine and [3H]glucosamine. The Mr of the core protein was identical in either growth state, but changes in the structure of the heparan sulfate side chains were observed. Non-dividing (postconfluent) arterial smooth muscle cells form longer heparan sulfate chains with a higher proportion of hydrophobic (N-acetyl) groups than proliferating (preconfluent) cells as judged from gel filtration experiments, hydrophobic interaction chromatography and heparitinase degradation. An enzyme preparation from proliferating cells catalyzes deacetylation and N-sulfation of heparan sulfate at a 5-fold higher activity than from non-dividing cells. Cell density-dependent structural differences of heparan sulfate are related to the finding that heparan sulfate isolated from non-dividing cells has a 10-fold higher antiproliferative potency than heparan sulfate from proliferating (preconfluent) cells.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0171-9335
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
52
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
229-35
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Changes in heparan sulfate structure during transition from the proliferating to the non-dividing state of cultured arterial smooth muscle cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Arteriosclerosis Research, University of Münster, Federal Republic of Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article