title: Dermatan sulfate activates nuclear factor-kappab and induces endothelial and circulating intercellular adhesion molecule-1.
abstract: Proteoglycans (PGs) can influence cell behaviors through binding events mediated by their glycosaminoglycan (GAG) chains. This report demonstrates that chondroitin sulfate B, also known as dermatan sulfate (DS), a major GAG released during the inflammatory phase of wound repair, directly activates cells at the physiologic concentrations of DS found in wounds. Cultured human dermal microvascular endothelial cells exposed to DS responded with rapid nuclear translocation of nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB), increased expression of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) mRNA, and increased ICAM-1 cell surface protein. Heparan sulfate and chondroitin sulfates A and C had no effect on activation of NF-kappaB or induction of ICAM-1. Inhibition of NF-kappaB activation blocked the effect of DS. The increase in cell surface ICAM-1 did not involve TNF-alpha or IL-1 release by endothelial cells, but it was facilitated by autocrine factors whose release was initiated by DS. The ICAM-1-inductive activity of DS was confirmed in vivo. Injection of DS, but not heparin or other chondroitin sulfates, into mice greatly increased circulating levels of soluble ICAM. These data provide evidence that DS, but not other GAGs, initiates a previously unrecognized cell signaling event that can act during the response to injury.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and Division of Development and Newborn Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115-5737, USA.
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Penc
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pomahac
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Eriksson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Detmar
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Gallo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D017931:DNA Primers; D003871:Dermatan Sulfate / Q000502:physiology*; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D016328:NF-kappa B; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1; D003871:Dermatan Sulfate