title: Biotinylated hyaluronic acid as a probe for identifying hyaluronic acid-binding proteins.
abstract: The glycosaminoglycans hyaluronan (HA), heparin, and chondroitin sulfate were biotinylated using biotin-x-hydrazide (biotin-epsilon-aminocaproyl hydrozyde) in conjunction with N-ethyl-N'-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide hydrochloride, an activating agent for carboxyl groups. The biotin-x-hydrazide was shown to be coupled directly to the glycosaminoglycans in enzymatic digestions and competition experiments. The biotinylated HA was shown to bind to link protein and receptor for hyaluronic acid-mediated motility, two proteins known to bind HA. The labeled HA was used as a probe to detect known HA-binding proteins in chicken cartilage extract and to identify new HA-binding motifs in the G3 domain of the proteoglycan aggrecan. The significance of the biotinylation of HA, heparin, and chondroitin sulfate A are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown 02129, USA.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Goetinck
mesh_terms: D001667:Binding, Competitive; D001710:Biotin / Q000737:chemistry*; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D002809:Chondroitin Sulfates / Q000737:chemistry*; D006493:Heparin / Q000737:chemistry*; D018960:Hyaluronan Receptors / Q000032:analysis*; D006820:Hyaluronic Acid / Q000737:chemistry*; D015335:Molecular Probes; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015394:Molecular Structure
chemical_list: D018960:Hyaluronan Receptors; D015335:Molecular Probes; D001710:Biotin; D006820:Hyaluronic Acid; D006493:Heparin; D002809:Chondroitin Sulfates