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Dermatan sulfate epimerase 2 is the predominant isozyme in the formation of the chondroitin sulfate/dermatan sulfate hybrid structure in postnatal developing mouse brain
Title: | Dermatan sulfate epimerase 2 is the predominant isozyme in the formation of the chondroitin sulfate/dermatan sulfate hybrid structure in postnatal developing mouse brain |
Authors: | Akatsu, Chizuru Browse this author | Mizumoto, Shuji Browse this author | Kaneiwa, Tomoyuki Browse this author | Maccarana, Marco Browse this author | Malmström, Anders Browse this author | Yamada, Shuhei Browse this author →KAKEN DB | Sugahara, Kazuyuki Browse this author |
Keywords: | brain development | chondroitin sulfate | dermatan sulfate | dermatan sulfate epimerase | proteoglycan |
Issue Date: | May-2011 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Journal Title: | Glycobiology |
Volume: | 21 |
Issue: | 5 |
Start Page: | 565 |
End Page: | 574 |
Publisher DOI: | 10.1093/glycob/cwq208 |
PMID: | 21177331 |
Abstract: | Chondroitin sulfate (CS) and dermatan sulfate (DS) are expressed in significant amounts in the brain and play important roles in the development of the central nervous system in mammals. CS and DS structures are often found in a single CS/DS hybrid chain. The L-iduronic acid (IdoA)-containing domain, which defines a DS-type domain, appears key to the biological functions of the CS/DS hybrid chain. In this study, to clarify the distribution of the DS-type structure in the brain during development, the expression patterns of DS epimerase 1 (DS-epi1) and DS-epi2, both of which convert D-glucuronic acid (GlcA) into IdoA, were investigated by in situ hybridization. DS-epi2 was ubiquitously expressed in the developing brain after birth, whereas the expression of DS-epi1 was faint and obscure at all developmental stages. Quantitative real-time PCR revealed the expression of DS-epi2 to be higher than that of DS-epi1 throughout development, suggesting that DS-epi2 but not DS-epi1 is mostly expressed in the brain and plays key roles in the epimerization of CS/DS during its biosynthesis. Moreover, an analysis of the disaccharides of CS/DS demonstrated significant amounts of IdoA-containing iD units [IdoA(2S)-GalNAc(6S)] and iB units [IdoA(2S)-GalNAc(4S)], where 2S, 4S and 6S stand for 2-O-, 4-O- and 6-O-sulfate, respectively, in every region of the brain examined. The proportion of these units in cerebellar CS/DS was greatly altered during postnatal development. These results suggest that the IdoA-containing structures in the developing brain are mainly produced by the actions of DS-epi2 and play crucial roles in postnatal development. |
Rights: | This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Glycobiology following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Glycobiology (2011) 21 (5): 565-574 is available online at: http://glycob.oxfordjournals.org/content/21/5/565 |
Type: | article (author version) |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/47770 |
Appears in Collections: | 生命科学院・先端生命科学研究院 (Graduate School of Life Science / Faculty of Advanced Life Science) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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Submitter: 山田 修平
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