title: Expression of glypican-4 in haematopoietic-progenitor and bone-marrow-stromal cells.
abstract: Heparan sulphate proteoglycans and the extracellular matrix of bone-marrow-stromal cells are important components of the microenvironment of haematopoietic tissues and are involved in the interaction of haematopoietic stem and stromal cells. Previous studies have emphasized the role of heparan sulphate proteoglycan synthesis by bone-marrow-stromal cells. In the present study we describe the expression of glypican-4 (GPC-4), belonging to the glypican family, in bone-marrow-stromal cells and haematopoietic-progenitor cells of human and murine origin. Expression of GPC-4 was shown on the mRNA-level by reverse transcription-PCR and Northern blot analysis. Amplification products were cloned and sequenced, to confirm these results. To analyze the expression of GPC-4 on the protein level, polyclonal antibodies against selected peptides were raised in rabbits. Western blot analysis showed expression of GPC-4 as a heparan sulphate proteoglycan in the human haematopoietic-progenitor cell line TF-1 and normal human bone marrow. These results were confirmed by FACS analysis of TF-1 cells. Furthermore, GPC-4-positive progenitor cells and stromal cells were enriched from normal human bone marrow by magnetic-cell sorting and analysed by confocal laser-scanning microscopy.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Clinical Chemistry, University of Technology, Pauwelsstrasse 30, D-52057 Aachen, Germany.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Siebertz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stöcker
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Drzeniek
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Handt
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Just
authors.forename: H D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Haubeck
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D053673:Glypicans; D006410:Hematopoiesis; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D019812:Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D051379:Mice; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017154:Stromal Cells / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C492044:GPC4 protein, human; D053673:Glypicans; C115814:Gpc4 protein, mouse; D019812:Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans; D012333:RNA, Messenger