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beta-D xyloside alters dermatan sulfate proteoglycan synthesis and the organization of the developing avian corneal stroma.

Corneal transparency is dependent upon the development of an organized extracellular matrix containing small diameter collagen fibrils with regular spacing, organized as orthogonal lamellae. Proteoglycan-collagen interactions have been implicated in the regulation of collagen fibrillogenesis and matrix assembly. To determine the role of dermatan sulfate proteoglycan in the development and organization of the secondary corneal stroma, its synthesis was disrupted using beta-D xyloside. The secondary corneal stroma contains two different proteoglycans, dermatan sulfate and keratan sulfate proteoglycan. beta-D xyloside interferes with xylose-mediated O-linked proteoglycan synthesis, and thus disrupts dermatan sulfate proteoglycan synthesis. Corneal keratan sulfate proteoglycan, a mannose-mediated N-linked proteoglycan, should not be altered. Biochemical analysis of corneas treated both in vitro and in ovo revealed a reduced synthesis of normally glycosylated dermatan sulfate proteoglycans and an increased synthesis of free xyloside-dermatan sulfate glycosaminoglycans. Keratan sulfate proteoglycan synthesis was unaltered in both cases. Corneal stromas were studied using histochemistry and electron microscopy after in ovo treatment with beta-D xyloside. The observed biochemical alterations in dermatan sulfate proteoglycans translated into disruptions in the organization of beta-D xyloside-treated stromas. There was a reduction in the histochemical staining of proteoglycans, but no alteration in collagen fibril diameter. In addition, focal alterations in collagen fibril packing, and a disruption of lamellar organization were observed in beta-D xyloside-treated corneas. These data suggest that dermatan sulfate proteoglycans are not involved in the regulation of corneal collagen fibril diameter, but are important in the fibril-fibril spacing as well as in lamellar organization, and cohesiveness.[1]

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