title: Proteoglycans synthesized by the hepatic granulomas isolated from schistosome-infected mice and by the granuloma-derived connective tissue cell lines.
abstract: Proteoglycans synthesized in vitro by periovular granulomas isolated from livers of schistosome-infected mice were compared with those produced by granuloma-derived cell lines: the primary cell line GR and the permanent cell line GRX. Proteoglycans were metabolically labelled with 35S-sulfate and extracted with 4 M guanidine-HCl containing 2.0% Triton X-100, in the presence of proteinase inhibitors. The radiolabelled proteoglycans were purified and characterized by anion-exchange, gel-filtration and affinity-column chromatography. Heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HS-PGs) and chondroitin sulfate/dermatan sulfate-containing proteoglycans (CS/DS-PGs) were detected in both the culture medium and the cell-associated fractions obtained from GR cells. More than 90% of the cell-associated HS-PG from these cells contained a hydrophobic portion, as evidenced by their ability to bind to octyl-Sepharose. In contrast, among the secreted proteoglycans, it was the CS/DS-PG and not the HS-PG that bound to this resin. The major fractions of cell-associated and secreted proteoglycans from GRX cells were HS-PGs. Similar to HS-PGs from GR cells, 50% of the cell-associated HS-PG bound to octyl-Sepharose, while only 20% of secreted proteoglycans (HS-PGs) bound to this resin. The proteoglycans purified from the whole granuloma were composed mainly of DS-PG, of a size and hydrophobicity similar to the CS/DS-PG from GR cells. Possible correlations among the structure, secretion, distribution and function of proteoglycans in granulomatous reactions are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Borojevic
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Mourão
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D002809:Chondroitin Sulfates / Q000378:metabolism; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D003871:Dermatan Sulfate / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D006497:Heparan Sulfate / Q000378:metabolism; D008109:Liver Diseases, Parasitic / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D011509:Proteoglycans / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D012555:Schistosomiasis mansoni / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D002809:Chondroitin Sulfates; D003871:Dermatan Sulfate; D006497:Heparan Sulfate; D011509:Proteoglycans