CHARACTERIZATION OF EPIDERMAL GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS SYNTHESIZED IN ORGAN-CULTURE
CHARACTERIZATION OF EPIDERMAL GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS SYNTHESIZED IN ORGAN-CULTURE
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DOI:
10.1016/0304-4165(81)90350-0
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
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KING, IA
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KING, IA
Cellulose acetate electrophoresis with specific enzymic and chemical degradation procedures indicated that hyaluronic acid (83%) and heparan sulfate (14%) were the major glycosaminoglycans synthesized by the epidermis when pig ear skin slices were cultured in the presence of D-[3H]glucosamine and 35SO42-, 81% and 50%, respectively, of the total amount of each epidermal glycosaminoglycan was extracellular. Total epidermal glycosaminoglycan synthesis decreased by 50% after 5 days in culture. When the epidermis was cultured in the absence of the dermis the synthesis of hyaluronic acid was reduced considerably. The synthesis of sulfated glycosaminoglycans was essentially unaffected by the absence of the dermis. All-trans-retinoic acid 10-5 M stimulated the synthesis of hyaluronic acid and to a lesser extent sulfated glycosaminoglycans, whether the dermis was absent or present during culture. Hyaluronic acid may play an important role in some aspects of epidermal differentiation.