EXTRACELLULAR DEPOLYMERIZATION OF HYALURONIC-ACID IN CULTURED HUMAN SKIN FIBROBLASTS

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NAKAMURA, T [1 ]
TAKAGAKI, K [1 ]
KUBO, K [1 ]
MORIKAWA, A [1 ]
TAMURA, S [1 ]
ENDO, M [1 ]
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[1] HIROSAKI UNIV,SCH MED,DEPT BIOCHEM,5 ZAIFU CHO,HIROSAKI,AOMORI 036,JAPAN
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10.1016/S0006-291X(05)80174-3
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The chain length of [3H]hyaluronic acid synthesized by cultivating human skin fibroblasts in the presence of [3H]glucosamine was investigated. [3H]Hyaluronic acid obtained from the matrix fraction was excluded from a Sepharose CL-2B column irrespective of the incubation period, whereas that from the medium was depolymerized into a constant chain length (Mr=40, 000). The reducing and non-reducing terminals of the depolymerized hyaluronic acid were N-acetylglucosamine and glucuronic acid, respectively. Prolonged incubation produced no oligosaccharides as shown by examination of hyaluronidase digests, suggesting the presence of a novel endo-β-N-acetylglucosaminidase in cultured human skin fibroblasts. © 1990 Academic Press, Inc.
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页码:70 / 76
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