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J. Biochem, 1976, Vol. 80, No. 2 203-208
© 1976 Japanese Biochemical Society

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Distribution of Chondroitin Sulfate in Cartilage Proteoglycans under Associative Conditions

Katsumi MURATA and Anders O. BJELLE

Department of Medicine and Physical Therapy, the University of Tokyo School of Medicine Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113 Department of Rheumatology, University of Umeā Umeā, Sweden

Proteoglycan aggregates and proteoglycan subunits were extracted from bovine articular cartilage with guanidine-HCl followed by fractionation by equilibrium centrifugation in cesium chloride density gradients. The distribution of chondroitin sulfates (CS) in the cartilage proteoglycans was studied at the disaccharide level by digestion with chondroitinases.

In the proteoglycan aggregate fraction, it was observed that the proportion of 4-sulfated disaccharide units to total CS increased from the bottom to the top fractions, whereas that of 6-sulfated disaccharide units was in the reverse order. Thus, the ratio of 4-sulfated disaccharide units to 6-sulfated disaccharide units increased significantly with decreasing density. The proportion of non-sulfated disaccharide units to total CS tended to increase with increasing density.

These data indicate a polydisperse distribution of CS chains, under the conditions used here, in proteoglycan aggregates from bovine articular cartilage.


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