Characterization and localization of large sulfated glycoproteins in the extracellular matrix of the developing asteroid Pisaster ochraceus
Autor: | Bruce J. Crawford, Terry J. Crawford |
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Rok vydání: | 1992 |
Předmět: |
Electrophoresis
chemistry.chemical_classification biology Antibodies Monoclonal Bipinnaria Embryo Cell Biology biology.organism_classification Biochemistry Extracellular Matrix Extracellular matrix Starfish Pisaster ochraceus Clusterin Sulfation chemistry Asteroid Larva Animals Glycoprotein Molecular Biology Glycoproteins Molecular Chaperones |
Zdroj: | Biochemistry and Cell Biology. 70:91-98 |
ISSN: | 1208-6002 0829-8211 |
DOI: | 10.1139/o92-014 |
Popis: | In this study techniques commonly used to extract and purify proteoglycans of vertebrates were applied to the embryo of the asteroid Pisaster ochraceus at the early bipinnaria larva stage, a stage in which extensive cell migration is occurring within the extracellular matrix of the blastocoel. Several large sulfated glycoproteins were isolated and shown to consist of protein cores covalently bound to sulfated polysaccharide chains. The polysaccharide chains consisted primarily of neutral sugars and were not susceptible to glycosaminoglycan-degrading enzymes, suggesting that these were not glycosaminoglycans. The sulfated glycoproteins could be fractionated by electrophoresis on sodium dodecyl sulfate – agarose – acrylamide composite gels. Two types of monoclonal antibodies prepared against isolated extracellular matrix of these embryos reacted with two subsets of bands on Western blots of the composite gels. Staining of sections of the embryos with the antibodies showed that the epitopes that they recognized were located throughout the extracellular matrices of the embryos. That these high molecular weight glycoproteins were located within the extracellular matrix of the embryos suggests that they may be involved in the control of morphogenesis and cellular movement.Key words: extracellular matrix, sulfated glycoproteins developing asteroid, monoclonal antibodies. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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