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Glycosaminoglycan synthesis by subpopulations of epithelial cells from a mammary adenocarcinoma

Journal Article · · Cancer Res.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6816991
Glycosaminoglycan synthesis by two subpopulations of a mouse mammary tumor cell line was compared. The two sublines express distinctly different growth characteristics in vitro and in vivo which indicate differences in growth regulation. Newly made glycosaminoglycans were recovered from the culture media, the cell surfaces, and residual cellular material. The cell population which grows more aggressively in vivo (+SA subline, a subline that grows in soft agarose) incorporated about 8 times more (/sup 14/C)glucosamine per cell into total glycosaminoglycans than did the slower-growing population (-SA subline, which does not grow in soft agarose). Appropriate control experiments indicated that the apparent difference in rates of synthesis was not due to discrepancies in glucosamine uptake. The main residual cellular molecule labeled was heparan sulfate, but the predominant molecule at the cell surface and in the culture fluid was hyaluronic acid. Overall, +SA cells synthesized more hyaluronic acid and -SA cells synthesized more heparan sulfate; in both cell populations, these two molecules accounted for about 90% of total glycosaminoglycans produced.
Research Organization:
Department of Zoology, Washington State University, Pullman
OSTI ID:
6816991
Journal Information:
Cancer Res.; (United States), Journal Name: Cancer Res.; (United States) Vol. 42:6; ISSN CNREA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English