title: Non-collagen protein and proteoglycan in renal glomerular basement membrane.
abstract: Extraction of rat glomerular basement membrane, purified by osmotic lysis and sequential detergent treatment, with 8 M urea containing protease inhibitors solubilizes protein that is devoid of hydroxyproline and hydroxylysine. This material represents 8-12% of total membrane protein, elutes mainly as two high molecular weight peaks on agarose gel filtration, and is associated with glycosaminoglycans. Isolated rat renal glomeruli incorporate [35S]sulfate into basement membrane from which this non-collagenous 35S-labeled fraction can be subsequently solubilized. The radioactivity incorporated into urea-soluble glomerular basement membrane eluted primarily with the higher molecular weight peak (Mr greater than 250 000). Cellulose acetate electrophoresis after pronase digestion of the urea-soluble fraction revealed glycosaminoglycan that was resistant to digestion with Streptomyces hyaluronidase and chondroitinase ABC, sensitive to nitrous acid treatment, and contained [35S]sulfate. The findings indicate that one of the non-collagenous components of glomerular basement membrane is a proteoglycan containing heparan sulfate.
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001485:Basement Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D008970:Molecular Weight; D011509:Proteoglycans / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D012995:Solubility; D013431:Sulfates / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D011509:Proteoglycans; D013431:Sulfates