Construction of mouse cochlin mutants with different GAG-binding specificities and their use for immunohistochemistry.

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2022
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Abstract
Glycosaminoglycan (GAG) is a polysaccharide present on the cell surface as an extracellular matrix component, and is composed of repeating disaccharide units consisting of an amino sugar and uronic acid except in the case of the keratan sulfate. Sulfated GAGs, such as heparan sulfate, heparin, and chondroitin sulfate mediate signal transduction of growth factors, and their functions vary with the type and degree of sulfated modification. We have previously identified human and mouse cochlins as proteins that bind to sulfated GAGs. Here, we prepared a recombinant cochlin fused to human IgG-Fc or Protein A at the C-terminus as a detection and purification tag and investigated the ligand specificity of cochlin. We found that cochlin can be used as a specific probe for highly sulfated heparan sulfate and chondroitin sulfate E. We then used mutant analysis to identify the mechanism by which cochlin recognizes GAGs and developed a GAG detection system using cochlin. Interestingly, a mutant lacking the vWA2 domain bound to various types of GAGs. The N-terminal amino acid residues of cochlin contributed to its binding to heparin. Pathological specimens from human myocarditis patients were stained with a cochlin-Fc mutant. The results showed that both tryptase-positive and tryptase-negative mast cells were stained with this mutant. The identification of detailed modification patterns of GAGs is an important method to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of various diseases. The method developed for evaluating the expression of highly sulfated GAGs will help understand the biological and pathological importance of sulfated GAGs in the future.
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Authors Yamamoto, Kazuo;Murakami, Karin;Tamura, Ryo;Ikehara, Sanae;Ota, Hayato;Ichimiya, Tomomi;Matsumoto, Naoki;Matsubara, Hisahiro;Nishihara, Shoko;Ikehara, Yuzuru;
Journal The Biochemical journal
Year 2022
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BCJ20220339
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Biotechnology pathology glycosaminoglycans glycobiology

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