title: Heparan sulphate proteoglycans interact with neurocan and promote neurite outgrowth from cerebellar granule cells.
abstract: We found that neurocan, a major brain chondroitin sulphate proteoglycan, interacts with HSPGs (heparan sulphate proteoglycans) such as syndecan-3 and glypican-1. Binding of these HSPGs to neurocan was prevented by treatment of the HSPGs with heparitinases I and II, but not by treatment of neurocan with chondroitinase ABC. Scatchard plot analysis indicated that neurocan has two binding sites for these HSPGs with different affinities. It is known that neurocan in the rodent brain is proteolytically processed with aging into N- and C-terminal fragments. When a mixture of whole neurocan and N- and C-terminal fragments prepared from neonatal mouse brains or recombinant N- and C-terminal fragments was applied to a heparin column, the whole molecule and both the N- and C-terminal fragments bound to heparin. A centrifugation cell adhesion assay indicated that both the N- and C-terminal neurocan fragments could interact with these HSPGs expressed on the cell surface. To examine the biological significance of the HSPG-neurocan interaction, cerebellar granule cells expressing these HSPGs were cultured on the recombinant neurocan substrate. A significant increase in the rate of neurite outgrowth was observed on the wells coated with the C-terminal neurocan fragment, but not with the N-terminal one. Neurite outgrowth-promoting activity was inhibited by pretreatment of neurocan substrate with heparin or the addition of heparitinase I to culture medium. These results suggest that HSPGs such as syndecan-3 and glypican-1 serve as the cell-surface receptor of neurocan, and that the interaction of these HSPGs with neurocan through its C-terminal domain is involved in the promotion of neurite outgrowth.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kamigamo-Motoyama, Kita-ku, Kyoto 603-8555, Japan.
authors.forename: Kaoru
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Akita
authors.forename: Munetoyo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Toda
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hosoki
authors.forename: Mizue
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fushiki
authors.forename: Atsuhiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oohira
authors.forename: Minoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okayama
authors.forename: Ikuo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yamashina
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakada
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000166:cytology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D011508:Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D019812:Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans / Q000502:physiology*; D006493:Heparin / Q000378:metabolism; D037181:Lectins, C-Type; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D016501:Neurites / Q000502:physiology*; D058580:Neurocan; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D011509:Proteoglycans / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D053670:Syndecan-3
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D011508:Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans; D019812:Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans; D037181:Lectins, C-Type; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D058580:Neurocan; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011509:Proteoglycans; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C508301:SDC3 protein, human; C508302:Sdc3 protein, mouse; C508303:Sdc3 protein, rat; D053670:Syndecan-3; C076817:NCAN protein, human; D006493:Heparin