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Atallah J, Khachfe HH, Berro J, Assi HI. The use of heparin and heparin-like molecules in cancer treatment: a review. Cancer Treat Res Commun 2020; 24:100192. [PMID: 32673846 DOI: 10.1016/j.ctarc.2020.100192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2020] [Revised: 07/01/2020] [Accepted: 07/06/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Heparin and heparin-like molecules have shown some promise in the treatment of several cancers. These molecules have roles in angiogenesis, cell proliferation, immune system modulation, cell migration, and cellular invasion. The pathways and mechanisms used by these molecules to inhibit the proliferation of cancer cells aid in understanding the utilization of these molecules in potential treatments. Our aim is to review the use of heparin and heparin-like molecules in cancer treatment, explore the results, and discuss their potential downfalls. METHODS Publications on heparin and heparin-like molecules and compounds were collected from the PubMed and EMBASE databases. Boolean operators and MeSH terms related to heparin, heparin-like molecules, and cancer were used to conduct this search. The articles were reviewed by the authors. RESULTS Several heparin mimetics are showing promise in cancer treatment. Various studies using mimetics alone or in combination with chemotherapy have been conducted and have yielded mixed results. They work on multiple target molecules, mostly receptors such as fibroblast growth factor and endothelial growth factor. The main types of cancers targeted by these drugs are multiple myeloma, pancreatic cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and other solid tumors. CONCLUSION Although limited clinical evidence of efficacy and potential pitfalls are present, heparin and heparin-like molecules have shown potential in the management of cancer patients. Additional research is required to fully understand the biological mechanisms utilized by these molecules in cancer treatment.
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- Johnny Atallah
- Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Naef K. Basile Cancer Institute, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Naef K. Basile Cancer Institute, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
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Bittkau KS, Dörschmann P, Blümel M, Tasdemir D, Roider J, Klettner A, Alban S. Comparison of the Effects of Fucoidans on the Cell Viability of Tumor and Non-Tumor Cell Lines. Mar Drugs 2019; 17:E441. [PMID: 31357497 PMCID: PMC6722501 DOI: 10.3390/md17080441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2019] [Revised: 07/15/2019] [Accepted: 07/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Fucoidans extracted from brown algae exert manifold biological activities paving the way for the development of numerous applications including treatments outside tumor therapy such as age-related macular degeneration or tissue engineering. In this study, we investigated the antiproliferative effects of fucoidans extracted from six different algae (Fucus vesiculosus, F. serratus, F. distichus subsp. evanescens, Dictyosiphon foeniculaceus, Laminaria digitata, Saccharina latissima) as well as three reference compounds (Sigma fucoidan, heparin, enoxaparin) on tumor (HL-60, Raji, HeLa, OMM-1, A-375, HCT-116, Hep G2) and non-tumor (ARPE-19, HaCaT) cell lines. All fucoidans were extracted according to a standardized procedure and tested in a commercially available MTS assay. Cell viability was measured after 24 h incubation with test compounds (1-100 µg/mL). Apart from few exceptions, fucoidans and heparins did not impair cell viability. In contrast, fucoidans significantly increased cell viability of suspension cell lines, but not of adherent cells. Fucoidans slightly increased viability of tumor cells and had no impact on the viability of non-tumor cells. The cell viability of HeLa and ARPE-19 cells negatively correlated with protein content and total phenolic content (TPC) of fucoidans, respectively. In summary, none of the tested fucoidans turned out to be anti-proliferative, rendering them interesting for future studies and applications.
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- Kaya Saskia Bittkau
- Pharmaceutical Institute, Kiel University, Gutenbergstraße 76, 24118 Kiel, Germany
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- University of Kiel, University Medical Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Arnold-Heller-Str. 3, Haus 25, 24105 Kiel, Germany
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- GEOMAR Centre for Marine Biotechnology (GEOMAR-Biotech), Research Unit Marine Natural Products Chemistry, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Am Kiel-Kanal 44, 24106 Kiel, Germany
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- GEOMAR Centre for Marine Biotechnology (GEOMAR-Biotech), Research Unit Marine Natural Products Chemistry, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Am Kiel-Kanal 44, 24106 Kiel, Germany
- Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Kiel University, Christian-Albrechts-Platz 4, 24118 Kiel, Germany
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- University of Kiel, University Medical Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Arnold-Heller-Str. 3, Haus 25, 24105 Kiel, Germany
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- University of Kiel, University Medical Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Arnold-Heller-Str. 3, Haus 25, 24105 Kiel, Germany.
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- Pharmaceutical Institute, Kiel University, Gutenbergstraße 76, 24118 Kiel, Germany.
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Batista LTEA, Matos LL, Machado LR, Suarez ER, Theodoro TR, Martins JRM, Nader HB, Pompeo ACL, Pinhal MADS. Heparanase expression and glycosaminoglycans profile in renal cell carcinoma. Int J Urol 2012; 19:1036-40. [PMID: 22738382 DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2012.03086.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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A better understanding of the molecular mechanisms of renal cell carcinogenesis could contribute to a decrease in the mortality rate of this disease. The aim of this study was to evaluate the glycosaminoglycans profile and heparanase expression in renal cell carcinoma. The study included 24 patients submitted to nephrectomy with confirmed pathological diagnosis of renal cell carcinoma. The majority of the samples (87.5%) were classified in the initial stage of renal cell carcinoma (clinical stages I and II). Heparanase messenger ribonucleic acid expression was evaluated by quantitative real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction, and sulfated glycosaminoglycans were identified and quantified by agarose gel electrophoresis of renal cell carcinoma samples or non-neoplastic tissues obtained from the same patients (control group). The sulfated glycosaminoglycans and hyaluronic acid were analyzed in urine samples of the patients before and after surgery. The data showed a significant statistical increase in chondroitin sulfate, and a decrease in heparan sulfate and dermatan sulfate present in neoplastic tissues compared with non-neoplastic tissues. Higher heparanase messenger ribonucleic acid expression in the neoplastic tissues was also shown, compared with the non-neoplastic tissues. The urine glycosaminoglycans profile showed no significant difference between renal cell carcinoma and control samples. Extracellular matrix changes observed in the present study clarify that heparanase is possibly involved with heparan sulfate turnover, and that heparanase and the glycosaminoglycans can modulate initial events of renal cell carcinoma development.
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Dreyfuss JL, Regatieri CV, Jarrouge TR, Cavalheiro RP, Sampaio LO, Nader HB. Heparan sulfate proteoglycans: structure, protein interactions and cell signaling. AN ACAD BRAS CIENC 2010; 81:409-29. [PMID: 19722012 DOI: 10.1590/s0001-37652009000300007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 171] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2008] [Accepted: 10/08/2008] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Heparan sulfate proteoglycans are ubiquitously found at the cell surface and extracellular matrix in all the animal species. This review will focus on the structural characteristics of the heparan sulfate proteoglycans related to protein interactions leading to cell signaling. The heparan sulfate chains due to their vast structural diversity are able to bind and interact with a wide variety of proteins, such as growth factors, chemokines, morphogens, extracellular matrix components, enzymes, among others. There is a specificity directing the interactions of heparan sulfates and target proteins, regarding both the fine structure of the polysaccharide chain as well precise protein motifs. Heparan sulfates play a role in cellular signaling either as receptor or co-receptor for different ligands, and the activation of downstream pathways is related to phosphorylation of different cytosolic proteins either directly or involving cytoskeleton interactions leading to gene regulation. The role of the heparan sulfate proteoglycans in cellular signaling and endocytic uptake pathways is also discussed.
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- Juliana L Dreyfuss
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
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Franco CRC, Trindade ES, Rocha HAO, da Silveira RB, Paludo KS, Chammas R, Veiga SS, Nader HB, Dietrich CP. Glycosaminoglycan chains from alpha5beta1 integrin are involved in fibronectin-dependent cell migration. Biochem Cell Biol 2009; 87:677-86. [PMID: 19767830 DOI: 10.1139/o09-047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Alpha5beta1 integrin from both wild-type CHO cells (CHO-K1) and deficient in proteoglycan biosynthesis (CHO-745) is post-translationally modified by glycosaminoglycan chains. We demonstrated this using [35S]sulfate metabolic labeling of the cells, enzymatic degradation, immunoprecipitation reaction with monoclonal antibody, fluorescence microscopy, and flow cytometry. The alpha5beta1 integrin heterodimer is a hybrid proteoglycan containing both chondroitin and heparan sulfate chains. Xyloside inhibition of sulfate incorporation into alpha5beta1 integrin also supports that integrin is a proteoglycan. Also, cells grown with xyloside adhered on fibronectin with no alteration in alpha5beta1 integrin expression. However, haptotactic motility on fibronectin declined in cells grown with xyloside or chlorate as compared with controls. Thus, alpha5beta1 integrin is a proteoglycan and the glycosaminoglycan chains of the integrin influence cell motility on fibronectin. Similar glycosylation of alpha5beta1 integrin was observed in other normal and malignant cells, suggesting that this modification is conserved and important in the function of this integrin. Therefore, these glycosaminoglycan chains of alpha5beta1 integrin are involved in cellular migration on fibronectin.
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- Célia R C Franco
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Três de Maio, 100-CEP 04044-020, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Bouças RI, Trindade ES, Tersariol ILS, Dietrich CP, Nader HB. Development of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)-like fluorescence assay to investigate the interactions of glycosaminoglycans to cells. Anal Chim Acta 2008; 618:218-26. [PMID: 18513543 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2008.04.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2008] [Revised: 04/24/2008] [Accepted: 04/28/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Sulfated glycosaminoglycans were labeled with biotin to study their interaction with cells in culture. Thus, heparin, heparan sulfate, chondroitin 4-sulfate, chondroitin 6-sulfate and dermatan sulfate were labeled using biotin-hydrazide, under different conditions. The structural characteristics of the biotinylated products were determined by chemical (molar ratios of hexosamine, uronic acid, sulfate and biotin) and enzymatic methods (susceptibility to degradation by chondroitinases and heparitinases). The binding of biotinylated glycosaminoglycans was investigated both in endothelial and smooth muscle cells in culture, using a novel time resolved fluorometric method based on interaction of europium-labeled streptavidin with the biotin covalently linked to the compounds. The interactions of glycosaminoglycans were saturable and number of binding sites could be obtained for each individual compound. The apparent dissociation constant varied among the different glycosaminoglycans and between the two cell lines. The interactions of the biotinylated glycosaminoglycans with the cells were also evaluated using confocal microscopy. We propose a convenient and reliable method for the preparation of biotinylated glycosaminoglycans, as well as a sensitive non-competitive fluorescence-based assay for studies of the interactions and binding of these compounds to cells in culture.
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- Rodrigo Ippolito Bouças
- Disciplina de Biologia Molecular, Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Suarez ER, Nohara AS, Mataveli FD, de Matos LL, Nader HB, Pinhal MAS. Glycosaminoglycan synthesis and shedding induced by growth factors are cell and compound specific. Growth Factors 2007; 25:50-9. [PMID: 17454150 DOI: 10.1080/08977190701272701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The interactions between growth factors and sulphated glycosaminoglycans (GAG) have been extensively studied. The aim of this study is to investigate if growth factors would show specificity of action on the synthesis and shedding of sulphated GAG, using two different cell lines: endothelial and smooth muscle cells. The cells were grown in the presence or absence of growth factors: EGF, FGF2, VEGF121, VEGF165. Transfection assays were also performed using recombinant pcDNA3.1, containing VEGF165 cDNA. In order to analyse the different types of GAG the cells were metabolically labelled with [(35)S]-sulphate. At low doses, VEGF121 was the only growth factor able to increase both the synthesis and secretion of heparan sulphate (HS) in endothelial cells. Over expression of VEGF165 stimulated HS synthesis in both cells. The combined results showed that growth factors affect GAG synthesis in a cell specific and dose dependent manner.
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- Eloah R Suarez
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Faculdade de Medicina, Fundação do ABC (FMABC), Av. Principe de Gales, 821, Santo André, SP, CEP 09060-650, Brazil
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Pazos MDC, Ricci R, Simioni AR, Lopes CC, Tedesco AC, Nader HB. Putative role of heparan sulfate proteoglycan expression and shedding on the proliferation and survival of cells after photodynamic therapy. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2007; 39:1130-41. [PMID: 17416540 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2007.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2006] [Revised: 01/22/2007] [Accepted: 02/08/2007] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Photodynamic therapy is based on the selective retention of a photosensitizer by highly proliferating cells and its activation with light at the appropriate wavelength. This combination generates reactive oxygen species that ultimately kill the cells. Some cells, however, may survive photodynamic therapy and the interaction of these cells with the extracellular matrix has profound effect in tumor biology. The knowledge of photodynamic therapy action on the extracellular matrix has not been fully explored. It has been focused mainly on integrins, matrix metalloproteinases and on growth factors and immunological mediators. Other important molecules involved in the regulation of many cell processes are the glycosaminoglycans, polymers of disaccharide units, present on the cell surface and in the extracellular matrix. In most cases, the glycosaminoglycans occur as proteoglycans. AIMS The purpose of the present investigation is to evaluate heparan sulfate proteoglycan expression and shedding, and its relation to the survival of the remaining cells, after a liposomal-AlClPc based photodynamic treatment. MATERIALS A wild-type endothelial cell derived from rabbit aorta and its counterpart transfected with EJ-ras oncogene were used. RESULTS Both cell lines presented augmented heparan sulfate proteoglycan syndecan-4 mRNA expression, augmented synthesis of heparan sulfate chains and increased shedding. Also, the formation of stress fibers on the border of the cells and the arrest in G(1) phase of the cell cycle was observed. CONCLUSIONS These results show that surviving cells after photodynamic therapy exhibit changes in their morphology and cell processes that differ from that of non-treated cells, and these changes are probably hindering the cells from resuming normal proliferation.
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Lopes CC, Dietrich CP, Nader HB. Specific structural features of syndecans and heparan sulfate chains are needed for cell signaling. Braz J Med Biol Res 2006; 39:157-67. [PMID: 16470302 DOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x2006000200001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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The syndecans, heparan sulfate proteoglycans, are abundant molecules associated with the cell surface and extracellular matrix and consist of a protein core to which heparan sulfate chains are covalently attached. Each of the syndecan core proteins has a short cytoplasmic domain that binds cytosolic regulatory factors. The syndecans also contain highly conserved transmembrane domains and extracellular domains for which important activities are becoming known. These protein domains locate the syndecan on cell surface sites during development and tumor formation where they interact with other receptors to regulate signaling and cytoskeletal organization. The functions of cell surface heparan sulfate proteoglycan have been centered on the role of heparan sulfate chains, located on the outer side of the cell surface, in the binding of a wide array of ligands, including extracellular matrix proteins and soluble growth factors. More recently, the core proteins of the syndecan family transmembrane proteoglycans have also been shown to be involved in cell signaling through interaction with integrins and tyrosine kinase receptors.
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- C C Lopes
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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Matta LD, Abreu LD. GLICOSIDASES E SULFATASES NO MOLUSCO MARINHO APLYSIA CERVINA. ARQUIVOS DO INSTITUTO BIOLÓGICO 2005. [DOI: 10.1590/1808-1657v72p2072005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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RESUMO Glicosaminoglicanos (GAGs) são carboidratos presentes em todos os organismos que apresentam organização tissular. Glicosidases e sulfatases são as enzimas envolvidas na degradação destes compostos em vertebrados e invertebrados. O objetivo deste trabalho foi identificar a presença destas enzimas em diferentes tecidos do molusco Aplysiacervina. O molusco foi dissecado em esôfago, fígado, moela e músculo e homogeneizados separadamente. Após centrifugação os sobrenadantes (extratos brutos) foram fracionados com sulfato de amônio nas concentrações de 0-30% (F-I), 30-50% (FII) e 50-80% (FIII). Foi identificada a presença de sulfatase, β-glucuronidase, β-D-N-acetilgalactosaminidase e α-glucosaminidase nos extratos brutos de todos os tecidos investigados. A enzima α-fucosidase não foi detectada em esôfago, nos extratos brutos e F-I de moela, mas sim nas frações de fígado e músculo. A sulfatase apresentou-se mais ativa na F-III de fígado e moela com atividades específicas de 3,0 e 4,8, respectivamente. A α-glucosaminidase foi mais ativa nas frações F-III de esôfago e músculo apresentando atividades específicas de 3,9 e 2,0, respectivamente. Estes resultados indicam a existência de atividade catabólica sobre os GAGs neste invertebrado marinho.
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Risler N, Castro C, Cruzado M, González S, Miatello R. Early changes in proteoglycans production by resistance arteries smooth muscle cells of hypertensive rats. Am J Hypertens 2002; 15:416-21. [PMID: 12022244 DOI: 10.1016/s0895-7061(02)02263-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Several functional and structural modifications at the vascular level have been described in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) during the early development of hypertension. In this study, we hypothesize that changes in the extracellular matrix (ECM) could precede the development of hypertension. Synthesis of secreted and membrane-bound sulfated proteoglycans (S-PG) by cultured vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) obtained from young spontaneously hypertensive rats (pSHR) mesenteric resistance arteries, during the period preceding the elevation of blood pressure (BP) was tested. After 24 h of stimulation with angiotensin II (Ang II), 10% fetal calf serum (FCS), or 0.1% FCS as control, medium and cell layer S-PG synthesis was evaluated by labeling sulfated disaccharides with [35S] sodium sulfate. To relate this variable with cell proliferation, DNA synthesis was measured by incorporation of [3H]thymidine in the cell lysate. The VSMC from pSHR synthesized more secreted and membrane-bound S-PG than age-matched Wistar rat (pW) cells in the nonstimulated (0.1% FCS) and stimulated (Ang II or 10% FCS) experimental groups. When data were expressed as percent of their own control value, both Ang II and 10% FCS lowered basal secreted and cell-associated S-PG content in VSMC from pSHR, whereas in pW rat cells, these agents produced a small increase or no change. An inverse relationship between proliferation and total S-PG production (secreted plus membrane-bound) was found in pSHR cells, but not in pW cells. In conclusion, the present study demonstrates that changes in S-PG synthesis by VSMC of resistance arteries precede the vascular dysfunction associated with the development of hypertension in SHR.
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- Norma Risler
- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, National University of Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina.
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Franco CR, Rocha HA, Trindade ES, Santos IA, Leite EL, Veiga SS, Nader HB, Dietrich CP. Heparan sulfate and control of cell division: adhesion and proliferation of mutant CHO-745 cells lacking xylosyl transferase. Braz J Med Biol Res 2001; 34:971-5. [PMID: 11471034 DOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x2001000800001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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We have examined the role of cell surface glycosaminoglycans in cell division: adhesion and proliferation of Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. We used both wild-type (CHO-K1) cells and a mutant (CHO-745) which is deficient in the synthesis of proteoglycans due to lack of activity of xylosyl transferase. Using different amounts of wild-type and mutant cells, little adhesion was observed in the presence of laminin and type I collagen. However, when fibronectin or vitronectin was used as substrate, there was an enhancement in the adhesion of wild-type and mutant cells. Only CHO-K1 cells showed a time-dependent adhesion on type IV collagen. These results suggest that the two cell lines present different adhesive profiles. Several lines of experimental evidence suggest that heparan sulfate proteoglycans play a role in cell adhesion as positive modulators of cell proliferation and as key participants in the process of cell division. Proliferation and cell cycle assays clearly demonstrate that a decrease in the amount of glycosaminoglycans does not inhibit the proliferation of mutant CHO-745 cells when compared to the wild type CHO-K1, in agreement with the findings that both CHO-K1 and CHO-745 cells take 8 h to enter the S phase.
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- C R Franco
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua 3 de Maio 100, 04044-020 São Paulo SP, Brazil
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