Heparan sulfate and control of cell division: adhesion and proliferation of mutant CHO-745 cells lacking xylosyl transferase

• Autor(a) principal: Franco, Celia Regina Cavichlolo [UNIFESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2001
• Outros Autores: Rocha, Hugo Alexandre Oliveira [UNIFESP], Trindade, Edvaldo da Silva [UNIFESP], Santos, Isabel Anunciacao Neves dos [UNIFESP], Leite, Edda Lisboa [UNIFESP], Veiga, Silvio Sanches [UNIFESP], Nader, Helena Bonciani [UNIFESP], Dietrich, Carl Peter [UNIFESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP
• Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0100-879X2001000800001; http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/1215
• topic: CHO cells; extracellular matrix proteins; proteoglycans; glycosaminoglycans; cell adhesion; cell proliferation

We have examined the role of cell surface glycosaminoglycans in cell division: adhesion and proliferation of Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. We used both wild-type (CHO-K1) cells and a mutant (CHO-745) which is deficient in the synthesis of proteoglycans due to lack of activity of xylosyl transferase. Using different amounts of wild-type and mutant cells, little adhesion was observed in the presence of laminin and type I collagen. However, when fibronectin or vitronectin was used as substrate, there was an enhancement in the adhesion of wild-type and mutant cells. Only CHO-K1 cells showed a time-dependent adhesion on type IV collagen. These results suggest that the two cell lines present different adhesive profiles. Several lines of experimental evidence suggest that heparan sulfate proteoglycans play a role in cell adhesion as positive modulators of cell proliferation and as key participants in the process of cell division. Proliferation and cell cycle assays clearly demonstrate that a decrease in the amount of glycosaminoglycans does not inhibit the proliferation of mutant CHO-745 cells when compared to the wild type CHO-K1, in agreement with the findings that both CHO-K1 and CHO-745 cells take 8 h to enter the S phase.