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  • Title: Anionic site and immunogold quantitation of heparan sulfate proteoglycans in glomerular basement membranes of puromycin aminonucleoside nephrotic rats.
    Author: Rada JA, Carlson EC.
    Journal: Anat Rec; 1991 Sep; 231(1):35-47. PubMed ID: 1750710.
    Abstract:
    Renal glomerular basement membranes (GBMs) exhibit a charge-selective barrier, consisting of heparan sulfate proteoglycan (HSPG) that restricts the passage of anionic molecules into the urine. Previous efforts to localize the HSPG core protein within various layers of the GBM have been contradictory. Furthermore, attempts to correlate proteinuria in several disease states with a decrease in anionic sites of HSPG core protein have yielded conflicting results. When antibodies to HSPG from the EHS tumor matrix [anti-(EHS) HSPG] and GBMs [anti-(GBM) HSPG] were used together with immunogold to label renal tissues from puromycin aminonucleoside nephrotic (PAN) rats, immunolabeling results indicated that a portion of the protein core recognized by anti-(EHS) HSPG was significantly reduced, while immunolabeling with anti-(GBM) HSPG was only slightly reduced in early PAN. Anionic sites (stained with the cationic probe, polyethyleneimine) within the lamina rara externa of the GBM remained unaltered throughout the course of PAN.
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