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  • Title: Heterogeneity of proteoglycans in monkey corneal stroma.
    Author: Nakazawa K, Hassell JR, Hascall VC, Newsome DA.
    Journal: Arch Biochem Biophys; 1983 Apr 01; 222(1):105-16. PubMed ID: 6838214.
    Abstract:
    The proteoglycans of the cynomolgus monkey corneal stroma were isolated and characterized by using a combination of physiochemical and biochemical methods. Proteoglycans were biosynthetically radiolabeled by incubating whole corneas in medium containing [35S]sulfate and either [3H]serine or [3H]mannose as precursors. Macromolecules were extracted from the corneal stromas with 4 M guanidine-HCl. After dialysis into 8 M urea, proteoglycans in the extracts were initially purified by DEAE-cellulose chromatography. A portion of the proteoglycan fraction was digested with chondroitinase ABC, and the keratan sulfate proteoglycans were then isolated by rechromatography of the digest on DEAE-cellulose. Another portion of the proteoglycan fraction was digested with endo-beta-galactosidase and the dermatan sulfate-proteoglycans were then isolated by chromatography of the digest on Sepharose CL-4B. Each proteoglycan population was further fractionated by chromatography on concanavalin A-Sepharose and by CsCl density gradient centrifugation. Four subpopulations for both the keratan sulfate proteoglycans and the dermatan sulfate proteoglycans were isolated. Based on differences in binding to concanavalin A-Sepharose, buoyant densities, and glycosaminoglycan content, subpopulations of each proteoglycan differ by the number and properties of both the glycosaminoglycan chains and the mannose-containing oligosaccharides attached to their protein core.
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