In vivo turnover of the basement membrane and other heparan sulfate proteoglycans of rat glomerulus.
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The metabolic turnover of rat glomerular proteoglycans in vivo was investigated. Newly synthesized proteoglycans were labeled during a 7-h period after injecting sodium [35S]sulfate intraperitoneally. At the end of the labeling period a chase dose of sodium sulfate was given. Subsequently at defined times (0-163 h) the kidneys were perfused in situ with 0.01% cetylpyridinium chloride in phosphate-buffered saline to maximize the recovery of 35S-proteoglycans. Glomeruli were isolated from the renal cortex and analyzed for 35S-proteoglycans by autoradiographic, biochemical, and immunochemical methods. Grain counting of autoradiographs revealed a complex turnover pattern of 35S-labeled macromolecules, commencing with a rapid phase followed by a slower phase. Biochemical analysis confirmed the biphasic pattern and showed that the total population of [35S]heparan sulfate proteoglycans had a metabolic half-life (t1/2) of 20 and 60 h in the early and late phases, respectively. Heparan sulfate proteoglycans accounted for 80% of total 35S-proteoglycans, the remainder being chondroitin/dermatan sulfate proteoglycans. Whole glomeruli were extracted with 4% 3-[(cholamidopropyl)dimethy-lammonio]-1-propanesulfonate-4 M guanidine hydrochloride, a procedure which solubilized greater than 95% of the 35S-labeled macromolecules. Of these 11-13% was immunoprecipitated by an antiserum against heparan sulfate proteoglycan which, in immunolocalization experiments, showed specificity for staining the basement membrane of rat glomeruli. Autoradiographic analysis showed that 18% of total radioactivity present at the end of the labeling period was associated with the glomerular basement membrane. The glomerular basement membrane [35S]heparan sulfate proteoglycans, identified by immunoprecipitation, have a very rapid turnover with an initial phase, t1/2 = 5 h, and a later phase t1/2 = 20 h.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics |
Volume | 269 |
Issue number | 2 |
Pages (from-to) | 576-85 |
Number of pages | 9 |
ISSN | 0003-9861 |
Publication status | Published - 1989 |
Bibliographical note
Keywords: Animals; Autoradiography; Basement Membrane; Female; Glycoproteins; Glycosaminoglycans; Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans; Heparitin Sulfate; Kidney Glomerulus; Kinetics; Proteochondroitin Sulfates; Proteoglycans; Rats; Rats, Inbred Strains; Sulfur Radioisotopes
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