title: Molecular characterization of chicken syndecan-2 proteoglycan.
abstract: A partial syndecan-2 sequence (147 bp) was obtained from chicken embryonic fibroblast poly(A)+ RNA by reverse transcription-PCR. This partial sequence was used to produce a 5'-end-labelled probe. A chicken liver cDNA library was screened with this probe, and overlapping clones were obtained encompassing the entire cDNA of 3 kb. The open reading frame encodes a protein of 201 amino acids. The cytoplasmic domain is identical with that of mammalian syndecan-2, and highly similar to those of Xenopus laevis and zebrafish syndecan-2. The transmembrane domain is identical with that of mammalian and zebrafish syndecan-2, and highly similar to that of Xenopus laevis syndecan-2. The ectodomain is 45-62% identical with that of zebrafish, Xenopus laevis and mammalian syndecan-2. Two coding single nucleotide polymorphisms were observed. In vitro transcription and translation yielded a product of 30 kDa. Western blotting of chicken embryonic fibroblast cell lysates with species-specific monoclonal antibody mAb 8.1 showed that chicken syndecan-2 is substituted with heparan sulphate, and that the major form of chicken syndecan-2 isolated from chicken fibroblasts is consistent with the formation of SDS-resistant dimers, which is common for syndecans. A 5'-end-labelled probe hybridized to two mRNA species in chicken embryonic fibroblasts, while Northern analysis with poly(A)+ RNAs from different tissues of chicken embryos showed wide and distinct distributions of chicken syndecan-2 during embryonic development. This pattern was different from that reported for syndecan-4, but consistent with the roles of syndecan-2 in neural maturation and in mesenchymal-matrix interactions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology and Cell Adhesion and Matrix Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
authors.forename: Ligong
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: John R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Couchman
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Woods
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002642:Chick Embryo; D002645:Chickens / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D005347:Fibroblasts; D015723:Gene Library; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008322:Mammals; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D011509:Proteoglycans / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D053669:Syndecan-2; D029867:Xenopus Proteins; D029961:Zebrafish Proteins
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D011509:Proteoglycans; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C508245:SDC2 protein, human; D029867:Xenopus Proteins; D029961:Zebrafish Proteins; C508248:sdc2 protein, Xenopus; C508249:sdc2 protein, zebrafish; D053669:Syndecan-2