Distribution of glycoconjugates in mouse fibroblasts with varying degrees of tumorigenicity

✍ Scribed by Winterbourne, D. J. ;Mora, P. T.

• Book ID: 102926504
• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 1977
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 557 KB
• Volume: 7
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0091-7419
• DOI: 10.1002/jss.400070109

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Analysis of glucosamine labeled glycoconjugates in cultured cells has been made comparing 2 clones and the parent embryonic mouse cell line. Hyaluronic acid, heparan sulphate, and chondroitin sulphate as well as a complex mixture of glycopeptides were found in the medium, the trypsinate, and the trypsinized cells, although the distribution was not uniform. The 3 cell lines had very similar in vitro growth properties, including their plating efficiency in viscous medium. However, the tumorigenicity of the cells, determined in syngeneic mice, was found to differ. All 3 cell lines were found to have similar glycoconjugate distributions, although a slight relative increase in labeled hyaluronic acid was found in the more tumorigenic mass cell line than either of the clones. The possible significance of this increase is discussed.