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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-3-11
pubmed:abstractText
The antigen-mediated induction of heparanase, an endoglycosidase capable of degrading heparan sulfate from the subendothelial extracellular matrix (ECM), was investigated in a rat T lymphocyte cell line reactive against the basic protein (BP) of myelin. We found that nonactivated T lymphocytes could be induced to express heparanase activity following exposure to soluble but not to ECM-bound BP. The induction of heparanase was immunologically specific and independent of the presence of syngeneic or allogeneic antigen presenting cells (APC). However, anti-IA antibodies inhibited heparanase expression. Soluble BP induced secretion of heparanase into the culture medium within minutes, despite inhibition of protein synthesis. Cell lysates of T lymphocytes contained heparanase activity. Thus, T lymphocytes secrete a preformed heparanase following exposure to specific antigen.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0021-9541
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
130
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
85-92
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Soluble antigen induces T lymphocytes to secrete an endoglycosidase that degrades the heparan sulfate moiety of subendothelial extracellular matrix.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't