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Chondroitin sulfate of appican, the proteoglycan form of amyloid precursor protein, produced by C6 glioma cells interacts with heparin-binding neuroregulatory factors.

Appican produced by rat C6 glioma cells, the chondroitin sulfate (CS) proteoglycan form of the amyloid precursor protein, contains an E disaccharide, -GlcUA-GalNAc(4,6-O-disulfate)-, in its CS chain. In this study, the appican CS chain from rat C6 glioma cells was shown to specifically bind several growth/differentiation factors including midkine (MK) and pleiotrophin (PTN). In contrast, the appican CS from SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells contained no E disaccharide and showed no binding to either MK or PTN. These findings indicate that the E motif is essential in the interaction of the appican CS chain with growth/differentiation factors, and suggest that glial appican may mediate the regulation of neuronal cell adhesion and migration and/or neurite outgrowth.[1]

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  1. Chondroitin sulfate of appican, the proteoglycan form of amyloid precursor protein, produced by C6 glioma cells interacts with heparin-binding neuroregulatory factors. Umehara, Y., Yamada, S., Nishimura, S., Shioi, J., Robakis, N.K., Sugahara, K. FEBS Lett. (2004) [Pubmed]
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