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Krüger-Szabó A, Aigner Z, Balogh E, Sebe I, Zelkó R, Antal I. Microstructural analysis of the fast gelling freeze-dried sodium hyaluronate. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2014; 104:12-6. [PMID: 25474714 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2014.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2014] [Revised: 10/27/2014] [Accepted: 11/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Although sodium hyaluronate is a very unstable and heat sensitive molecule, it can remain relatively stable during the freeze-drying process. Aqueous sodium hyaluronate (NaHA) gels were prepared and the obtained samples were freeze-dried. The freeze-dried NaHA samples showed fast gelling ability meanwhile preserved their initial viscoelasticity even after reconstitution. The microstructure of gels obtained from raw substance and freeze-dried NaHA samples was characterized with positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction patterns while their functionality-related macrostructural properties were tested based on their rheological behavior. The presence of phosphate salts improved the formation of ordered supramolecular structure retaining water in the free volume holes of the polymer chains characterized with decreased ortho-positronium lifetime values. This property may be advantageous in the development of a freeze-dried NaHA injection dosage form.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Szeged, H-6720, Eötvös u. 6, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Semmelweis University, Hőgyes E. Street 7-9, H-1092 Budapest, Hungary
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- University Pharmacy Department of Pharmacy Administration, Semmelweis University, Hőgyes E. Street 7-9, H-1092 Budapest, Hungary
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- University Pharmacy Department of Pharmacy Administration, Semmelweis University, Hőgyes E. Street 7-9, H-1092 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Semmelweis University, Hőgyes E. Street 7-9, H-1092 Budapest, Hungary.
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Scheuer C, Fridman K, Barniak V, Burke S, Venkatesh S. Retention of conditioning agent hyaluronan on hydrogel contact lenses. Cont Lens Anterior Eye 2010; 33 Suppl 1:S2-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clae.2010.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2010] [Revised: 10/01/2010] [Accepted: 10/04/2010] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Zhang Z, Xiao Z, Linhardt RJ. Thin Layer Chromatography for the Separation and Analysis of Acidic Carbohydrates. J LIQ CHROMATOGR R T 2009. [DOI: 10.1080/10826070902956402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Zhenqing Zhang
- a Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Biology , Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute , Troy, New York, USA
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- a Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Biology , Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute , Troy, New York, USA
- b Institute of Marine Drug and Food, Ocean University of China , Qingdao, China
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- a Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Biology , Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute , Troy, New York, USA
- c Department of Biology, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies , Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute , Troy, New York, USA
- d Chemical and Biological Engineering, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute , Troy, New York, USA
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Rodén L, Campbell P, Fraser JR, Laurent TC, Pertoft H, Thompson JN. Enzymic pathways of hyaluronan catabolism. CIBA FOUNDATION SYMPOSIUM 2007; 143:60-76; discussion 76-86, 281-5. [PMID: 2530069 DOI: 10.1002/9780470513774.ch5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The enzymic degradation of hyaluronan in mammalian tissues takes place in two phases, encompassing breakdown of the polysaccharide to its monosaccharide constituents and subsequent utilization of the monosaccharide products. Degradation to the monosaccharide components is effected by the concerted action of three enzymes, hyaluronidase, beta-D-glucuronidase and beta-N-acetyl-D-hexosaminidase. The relative contributions of hyaluronidase and the two exoglycosidases to the physiological catabolism of hyaluronan are not yet known but consideration of the kinetic properties of the three enzymes clearly indicates that hyaluronidase is best suited for the initial attack on the polysaccharide, inasmuch as its Km for hyaluronan is 1000- to 10,000-fold lower than that estimated for beta-D-glucuronidase. Recent investigations in the authors' laboratories have been focused on the catabolism of hyaluronan and other complex carbohydrates in liver, since the sinusoidal endothelial cells in this organ are the main sites for degradation of circulating hyaluronan. Assay of ten lysosomal hydrolases in isolated rat liver cells showed considerably higher activities in Kupffer cells and endothelial cells than in hepatocytes for nine of the enzymes, including beta-D-glucuronidase and beta-N-acetyl-D-hexosaminidase. The activity of N-acetylglucosamine-6-phosphate deacetylase, a key enzyme in the metabolism of the N-acetylglucosamine released by the lysosomal degradation of hyaluronan and other complex carbohydrates, has also been determined. High deacetylase activities were observed in both Kupffer cells and endothelial cells but, surprisingly, virtually no activity was detected in hepatocytes. This finding implies that N-acetylglucosamine cannot be degraded in hepatocytes and must be largely reutilized in the synthesis of new macromolecules. Further studies of the enzymes involved in hyaluronan degradation and N-acetylglucosamine utilization in the liver are under way.
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- L Rodén
- Department of Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham 35294
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Kresse H, Glössl J. Glycosaminoglycan degradation. ADVANCES IN ENZYMOLOGY AND RELATED AREAS OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2006; 60:217-311. [PMID: 3310531 DOI: 10.1002/9780470123065.ch4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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- H Kresse
- Institute of Physiological Chemistry, University of Münster, Federal Republic of Germany
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Bodevin-Authelet S, Kusche-Gullberg M, Pummill PE, DeAngelis PL, Lindahl U. Biosynthesis of Hyaluronan. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:8813-8. [PMID: 15623518 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m412803200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Hyaluronan (HA), a functionally essential glycosaminoglycan in vertebrate tissues and a putative virulence factor in certain pathogenic bacteria, is an extended linear polymer composed of alternating units of glucuronic acid (GlcUA) and N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc). Uncertainty regarding the mechanism of HA biosynthesis has included the directionality of chain elongation, i.e. whether addition of monosaccharide units occurs at the reducing or non-reducing terminus of nascent chains. We have investigated this problem using yeast-derived recombinant HA synthases from Xenopus laevis (xlHAS1) and from Streptococcus pyogenes (spHAS). The enzymes were incubated with UDP-[3H]GlcUA and UDP-[14C]GlcNAc, under experimental conditions designed to yield HA chains with differentially labeled reducing-terminal and non-reducing terminal domains. Digestion of the products with a mixture of beta-glucuronidase and beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase exoenzymes resulted in truncation of the HA chain strictly from the non-reducing end and release of labeled monosaccharides. The change in 3H/14C ratio of the monosaccharide fraction, during the course of exoglycosidase digestion, was interpreted to indicate whether sugar units had been added at the reducing or non-reducing end. The results demonstrate that the vertebrate xlHAS1 and the bacterial spHAS extend HA in opposite directions. Chain elongation catalyzed by xlHAS1 occurs at the non-reducing end of the HA chain, whereas elongation catalyzed by spHAS occurs at the reducing end. The spHAS is the first glycosyltransferase that has been unanimously demonstrated to function at the reducing end of a growing glycosaminoglycan chain.
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- Sabrina Bodevin-Authelet
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Uppsala, The Biomedical Center, SE-75123 Uppsala, Sweden
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Longas MO, Burden JD, Lesniak J, Booth RM, McPencow JA, Park JI. Hyaluronic acid N-deacetylase assay in whole skin. Biomacromolecules 2003; 4:189-92. [PMID: 12523865 DOI: 10.1021/bm025718g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Hyaluronic acid (HA) N-deacetylase(s) was quantified in whole skin, using a novel method that involved reaction of skin with exogenous HA as substrate. Acetyl (CH(3)CO-) moieties generated were converted chemically to MeOAc and quantified using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. HA (1.7 mg) and skin (1.0 g) yielded 3.32 and 769.00 microg of MeOAc from the 69.0- and 76.5-year-old-patient samples, respectively. Without added HA, 194.00 microg of product was obtained from the 76.5-year-old-patient samples. With chondroitin as substrate, the yields were 2.89 and 818.04 microg of MeOAc from the 69.0- and 76.5-year-old-patient samples, respectively. The K5 (capsular, Escherichia coli polysaccharide) substrate yielded no detectable product, except for 170.02 microg from the 76.5-year-old-patient samples. This highly sensitive method was used to demonstrate that human-skin-HA N-deacetylase(s) was first detectable at 69 years of age, highly active at 76.5 years of age, and specific for N-acetyl moieties of d-GlcNAc and d-GalNAc where C(1) is beta-linked as in HA and CH.
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- María O Longas
- Department of Chemistry and Physics, Purdue University Calumet, 2200 169th Street, Hammond, Indiana 46323, USA.
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The extracellular matrix (ECM), once regarded simply as a structural scaffold, is now recognized as an important modulator of cellular behavior and function. One component that plays a prominent role in this process is hyaluronic acid (HA)--a molecule found in many different tissues. Research into the roles of HA indicates that it plays a key role in tissue viscosity, shock absorption, and space filling. Specifically, research into the role of HA in laryngology indicates that it has profound effects on the structure and viscosity of vocal folds. This article provides an introduction to the structure and biological functions of HA and its importance in voice. In addition, an overview of the pharmaceutical applications of HA is discussed.
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- P Daniel Ward
- School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City 84113, USA
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Asplund T, Brinck J, Suzuki M, Briskin MJ, Heldin P. Characterization of hyaluronan synthase from a human glioma cell line. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1998; 1380:377-88. [PMID: 9555098 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-4165(98)00010-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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In the present study we describe a method to prepare membranes with high hyaluronan synthase activity from human glioma cells by pretreatment of the cells with both testicular hyaluronidase and 4-phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA). A 23-fold increase in hyaluronan synthase activity was detected in comparison to untreated cells. Using isolated membranes as a source of hyaluronan synthase activity we demonstrate that chain elongation occurs at the reducing end of the hyaluronan molecule. We also present a method to solubilize hyaluronan synthase in active form with 1% digitonin. The solubilized synthase synthesized shorter hyaluronan chains than the membrane bound enzyme. Partial purification of the solubilized enzyme on a Superdex-200 column revealed a 12-fold increase in specific activity. Affinity purified polyclonal antibodies, raised against a synthetic peptide corresponding to the carboxy-terminus of the deduced protein sequence of human hyaluronan synthase recognized a 66 kDa component in the purified preparations. The elution position of the solubilized hyaluronan synthesizing activity immediately after V0 corresponding to a molecular mass of about 600 kDa, suggested that the 66 kDa enzyme forms a complex with other components which may have accessory or regulatory roles during hyaluronan synthesis.
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- T Asplund
- Department of Medical and Physiological Chemistry, Uppsala University, Biomedical Centre, Box 575, S-75123 Uppsala, Sweden
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Chapter 1a Normal and pathological catabolism of glycoproteins. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-7306(08)60278-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Doherty MM, Hughes PJ, Kim SR, Mainwaring DE, Charman WN. Effect of lyophilization on the physical characteristics of medium molecular mass hyaluronates. Int J Pharm 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/0378-5173(94)90342-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Chemical aspects of free radical reactions in connective tissue. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-7306(08)60447-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Reyes F, Calatayud J, Vazquez C, Jesús MartÃnez M. β-N-Acetylglucosaminidase fromAspergillus nidulanswhich degrades chitin oligomers during autolysis. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1989. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1989.tb03601.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Mian N. Characterization of a high-Mr plasma-membrane-bound protein and assessment of its role as a constituent of hyaluronate synthase complex. Biochem J 1986; 237:343-57. [PMID: 3099752 PMCID: PMC1146993 DOI: 10.1042/bj2370343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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A high-Mr phosphoprotein (Mr 442,000) was purified from Nonidet-P-40-solubilized plasma membranes of cultured human skin fibroblasts. The protein comprised one 200,000-Mr subunit consisting of 116,000- and 84,000-Mr polypeptides and two identical 121,000-Mr subunits each consisting of 66,000- and 55,000-Mr polypeptides. The 200,000-Mr subunit and its polypeptides contained phosphotyrosine residues and were also [32P]phosphorylated at these residues from [gamma-32P]ATP in vitro by an intrinsic tyrosine kinase activity of the protein molecule in response to the presence of hyaluronate precursors, UDP-glucuronic acid and UDP-N-acetylglucosamine. The 121,000-Mr subunits and their polypeptides contained phosphoserine residues that could not be [32P]phosphorylated during autophosphorylation of the protein in vitro. The protein molecules separated from exponential- and stationary-growth-phase cells were identical in their quaternary structure, but appeared to exist in different proportions with respect to the state of phosphorylation of their 121,000-Mr subunits during different growth phases of the cell. Phosphorylation of polypeptides appeared to predispose in favour of their UDP-glucuronic acid- and UDP-N-acetylglucosamine-binding activities. The phosphorylated 116,000- and 84,000-Mr polypeptides of 200,000-Mr subunits possessed a single binding site for UDP-glucuronic acid and UDP-N-acetylglucosamine respectively. The phosphorylated 200,000-Mr subunit could also cleave the UDP moiety from UDP-glucuronic acid and UDP-N-acetylglucosamine precursors. The phosphorylated 121,000-Mr subunit possessed two binding sites with equal affinity towards UDP-glucuronic acid and UDP-N-acetylglucosamine but did not possess UDP-moiety-cleavage activity. The phosphorylation of 200,000-Mr subunit by an intrinsic kinase activity of the protein molecule appeared to elicit its oligosaccharide-synthesizing activity, whereas phosphorylation of 121,000-Mr subunits, presumably carried out in vivo, abolished this activity of the protein molecule. The oligosaccharides synthesized by the protein were about Mr 5000 and about 12 disaccharide units in length. Neither nucleotide sugars nor glycosyl residues nor newly synthesized oligosaccharides were bound covalently to the protein molecule. The UDP moiety of nucleotide sugar precursors did not constitute a link between protein molecule and oligosaccharide during its synthesis. Although isolated 442,000-Mr protein did not synthesize high-Mr hyaluronate in vitro, this protein molecule can be considered as a constituent of membrane-bound hyaluronate synthase complex because of its observed properties.
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Nebinger P. Comparison of gel permeation and ion-exchange chromatographic procedures for the separation of hyaluronate oligosaccharides. J Chromatogr A 1985. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(01)90513-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Prehm P. Synthesis of hyaluronate in differentiated teratocarcinoma cells. Characterization of the synthase. Biochem J 1983; 211:181-9. [PMID: 6409089 PMCID: PMC1154342 DOI: 10.1042/bj2110181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Differentiation of teratocarcinoma cells led to induction of hyaluronate synthesis. The synthase was recovered in the membrane fraction of cell lysates. Hyaluronate was synthesized at the membranes and was then released as a soluble product. The synthase could be stimulated by a variety of phosphate esters which prevented the degradation of the substrates UDP-GlcNAc and UDP-GlcA and the release of the growing hyaluronic acid chain from the membrane. Hyaluronidases or oligosaccharides derived from hyaluronate did not affect the synthesis. The chains grew at a rate of 60 repeating units/min. Continuous new chain initiation occurred during prolonged synthesis. Digestion of pulse-chase-labelled hyaluronate with beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase and beta-glucuronidase showed that the chains grew at the reducing end.
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Nebinger P, Koel M, Franz A, Werries E. High-performance liquid chromatographic analysis of even- and odd-numbered hyaluronate oligosaccharides. J Chromatogr A 1983. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(01)96694-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Longas MO, Meyer K. Evidence that a reducible xylosyl-lysine is the protein linkage of dermatan sulfate. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1982; 79:6225-8. [PMID: 6815649 PMCID: PMC347092 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.79.20.6225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Dermatan sulfate, purified by standard methods, displayed one spot at the position of the standard after two-dimensional cellulose acetate electrophoresis and was 99% in GalN, 21.5% in sulfate, and 0.6% in protein; Gal and Xyl (2:1) were the only neutral sugars detected. Its glucuronic acid/iduronic acid ratio was 0.15 and its Mr was approximately equal to 16,000. On reaction with 0.4 M NaOH, its reducing group(s) determined as Glc increased by 71% with concomitant separation of protein and polysaccharide and no alteration of the amino acids; when this reaction was repeated in the presence of 0.3 M NaBH4, only 31% of Lys was detected by standard amino acid analysis and none by TLC of the dansylated amino acids; alkaline cleavage in these conditions yielded only 30% of the original Xyl, xylitol, and a ninhydrin-positive substance different from GalN, which had the retention time of xylitol on Affi-Gel 601 and was also obtained from reduction of dermatan sulfate with a 400-eq excess of Na3BH4 in water under conditions that did not cleave the dermatan sulfate-protein bond. The data indicate that a reducible xylosyl-lysine is the protein linkage of dermatan sulfate from calf ligamentum nuchae.
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Orkin RW, Underhill CB, Toole BP. Hyaluronate degradation in 3T3 and simian virus-transformed 3T3 cells. J Biol Chem 1982. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)83852-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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