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  • Title: Hyaluronic acid synthesis is absent in normal human endothelial cells irrespective of hyaluronic acid synthetase inhibitor activity, but is significantly high in transformed cells.
    Author: Amanuma K, Mitsui Y.
    Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta; 1991 May 17; 1092(3):336-40. PubMed ID: 1904776.
    Abstract:
    The characteristics of glycosaminoglycan (GAG) synthesis in normal and transformed human endothelial cells were analyzed by the incorporation of [3H]glucosamine and by the activities of GAG synthetases. The GAG synthesized by normal endothelial cells consisted of mainly heparan sulfate (HS) and chondroitin sulfate/dermatan sulfate but little hyaluronic acid (HA) (less than 1%). The characteristics of GAG synthesis by normal cells reflected the synthetic enzyme activities for each individual GAG: the activity of HA synthetase was very low. In spite of this, the activity of HA synthetase inhibitor, induced in growth-retarded fibroblasts with low HA synthetase activity (Matuoka et al. (1987 J. Cell Biol., 104, 1105-1115), was very low in endothelial cells. In contrast to normal cells, transformed endothelial (ECV304) cells synthesized mainly HA (62% of total GAGs). These findings suggest that the regulatory system of GAG metabolism is cell type specific, and that transformation is accompanied by high levels of HA synthesis in endothelial cells.
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