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T1 - Human aggrecan keratan sulfate undergoes structural changes during adolescent development
AU - Brown, Gavin
AU - Huckerby, T N
AU - Bayliss, M T
AU - Nieduszynski, I A
PY - 1998/10/9
Y1 - 1998/10/9
N2 - Alkaline borohydride-reduced keratan sulfate chains were isolated from human articular cartilage aggrecan from individuals of various ages (0-85 years old). The chains were structurally characterized using 1H NMR spectroscopy, gel permeation chromatography, and oligosaccharide profiling (after digestion with the enzymes keratanase and keratanase II). The results show that from birth to early adolescence (0-9 years) the levels of alpha(1-3)-fucosylation, alpha(2-3)-sialylation, and galactose sulfation increase. Also, the weight-average molecular weight of the chains increases. During maturation (9-18 years) the levels of fucosylation and galactose sulfation continue to increase and alpha(2-6)-sialylation of the chains occurs. In adult life (18-85 years) there is little change in the weight-average molecular weight of the chains, and the levels of fucosylation, sialylation, and sulfation remain fairly constant.
AB - Alkaline borohydride-reduced keratan sulfate chains were isolated from human articular cartilage aggrecan from individuals of various ages (0-85 years old). The chains were structurally characterized using 1H NMR spectroscopy, gel permeation chromatography, and oligosaccharide profiling (after digestion with the enzymes keratanase and keratanase II). The results show that from birth to early adolescence (0-9 years) the levels of alpha(1-3)-fucosylation, alpha(2-3)-sialylation, and galactose sulfation increase. Also, the weight-average molecular weight of the chains increases. During maturation (9-18 years) the levels of fucosylation and galactose sulfation continue to increase and alpha(2-6)-sialylation of the chains occurs. In adult life (18-85 years) there is little change in the weight-average molecular weight of the chains, and the levels of fucosylation, sialylation, and sulfation remain fairly constant.
KW - Acetylglucosaminidase
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adult
KW - Aged
KW - Aged, 80 and over
KW - Aggrecans
KW - Carbohydrate Conformation
KW - Carbohydrate Sequence
KW - Extracellular Matrix Proteins
KW - Fucose
KW - Humans
KW - Hydrolysis
KW - Keratan Sulfate
KW - Lectins, C-Type
KW - Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Molecular Sequence Data
KW - N-Acetylneuraminic Acid
KW - Proteoglycans
U2 - 10.1074/jbc.273.41.26408
DO - 10.1074/jbc.273.41.26408
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 9756873
VL - 273
SP - 26408
EP - 26414
JO - Journal of Biological Chemistry
JF - Journal of Biological Chemistry
SN - 0021-9258
IS - 41
ER -