The degradation of cartilage proteoglycans by tissue proteinases. Proteoglycan structure and its susceptibility to proteolysis.
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1. Proteoglycan was obtained from bovine nasal cartilage by a procedure involving sequential extraction with a low-ionic-strength KCl solution, then a high-ionic-strength CaCl2 solution. Purification was by CsCl-density-gradient centrifugation. 2. The CaCl2- extracted proteoglycan was subjected to proteolytic degradation by papain, trypsin, cathepsin D, cathepsin B, lysosomal elastase or cathepsin G. Degradation was allowed to proceed until no further decrease in viscosity was detectable. 3. The size and chemical composition of the final degradation products varied with the different proteinases. Cathepsin D and cathepsin G produced glycosaminoglycan-peptides of largest average size, and papain produced the smallest product. 4. The KCl-extracted proteoglycan was intermediate in molecular size and composition between the CaCl2-extracted proteoglycan and the largest final degradation products, and may have been formed by limited proteolysis during the extraction procedure. 5. It is postulated that the glycosaminoglycan chains are arranged in groups along the proteoglycan core protein. Proteolytic cleavage between the groups may be common to the majority of proteinases, whereas clevage within the groups is dependent on the specificity of each individual proteinase.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Biochemical journal
دوره 167 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1977