Affiliation:
1. Connective Tissue Research Laboratory, Boston Veterans Administration Hospital, Boston, Mass. 02130, U.S.A.
Abstract
Neoplastic mast cells of mice (including long-established and newly derived lines) were grown in large-volume suspension cultures to provide enough cells for preparation of microsomal fractions. Microsomal preparations from P815Y and P815S cells synthesized 14C-labelled glycosaminoglycan when incubated with UDP-[14C]glucuronic acid and UDP-N-acetylgalactosamine. No significant amount of 14C-labelled glycosaminoglycan was formed when UDP-N-acetylglucosamine was substituted for the UDP-N-acetylgalactosamine. Microsomal preparations from X163 cells synthesized 14C-labelled glycosaminoglycan when incubated with UDP-[14C]glucuronic acid and either UDP-N-acetylgalactosamine or UDP-N-acetylglucosamine. The 14C-labelled glycosaminoglycan formed in the presence of UDP-N-acetylgalactosamine was degradable by testicular hyaluronidase, indicating that it was chondroitin-like. The 14C-labelled glycosaminoglycan formed in the presence of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine was not degradable by testicular hyaluronidase. Microsomal preparations from P815S cells were tested for sulphating activity by incubation with adenosine 3′-phosphate 5′-sulphatophosphate, as well as UDP-[14C]glucuronic acid, and UDP-N-acetylgalactosamine. The resulting newly synthesized polysaccharide was shown by chondroitinase ABC digestion to be 70% chondroitin 4-sulphate and 30% chondroitin. The molecular size of this newly synthesized glycosaminoglycan was determined by gel filtration to be larger than 40000 mol.wt. In general, the glycosaminoglycan-synthesizing ability of the microsomal preparations appeared to reflect glycosaminoglycan synthesis by the intact cells.
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