1997
DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(97)01337-9
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Hyaluronectin blocks the stimulatory effect of hyaluronan‐derived fragments on endothelial cells during angiogenesis in vitro

Abstract: Hyaluronic acid (HA) is a glycosaminoglycan of the extracellular matrix. Its fragmentation by the hyaluronidase, secreted by tumor cells, facilitates tumor invasion and the HA degradation products generated stimulate angiogenesis. We report here that the HA-binding protein hyaluronectin (HN) inhibits the stimulatory effect of HA-derived fragments on the proliferation and migration of endothelial cells in vitro, and hampers the organization of endothelial cells into capillary-like structures. Since HN strongly … Show more

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“…This high-molecular-weight glycosaminoglycan, composed of repeating disaccharide units of D-glucuronic acid and N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, has been shown to mediate several biological functions. It has been reported that only HA fragments (6 -20 saccharide units) are responsible for endothelial-cell proliferation and migration leading to angiogenesis (West et al, 1985;West and Kumar, 1989;Trochon et al, 1997). These fragments would act by binding to the CD44 receptor exposed on the membrane of endothelial cells (Trochon et al, 1996), in agreement with the observation that testicular-hyaluronidase degradation of HA induced angiogenesis in the chick chorio-allantoic membrane assay (West et al, 1985), in rat skin (Sattar et al, 1994) and in cryo-injured skin grafts (Lees et al, 1995).…”
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“…This high-molecular-weight glycosaminoglycan, composed of repeating disaccharide units of D-glucuronic acid and N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, has been shown to mediate several biological functions. It has been reported that only HA fragments (6 -20 saccharide units) are responsible for endothelial-cell proliferation and migration leading to angiogenesis (West et al, 1985;West and Kumar, 1989;Trochon et al, 1997). These fragments would act by binding to the CD44 receptor exposed on the membrane of endothelial cells (Trochon et al, 1996), in agreement with the observation that testicular-hyaluronidase degradation of HA induced angiogenesis in the chick chorio-allantoic membrane assay (West et al, 1985), in rat skin (Sattar et al, 1994) and in cryo-injured skin grafts (Lees et al, 1995).…”
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confidence: 66%
“…16 Briefly, 1.5% agarose was dissolved in the culture medium free of FCS to form a gel in the wells. Half of the agarose cylinder was then cut off from each well.…”
Section: Wound Recovery Assaymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…To study the effect of RDD on angiogenesis, we induced HMEC-1 cells, adapted for tube-like structure formation (38), to form anastomosing networks of capillary-like tubes in a fibrin gel, as described previously (40). Cells were cultured on microcarrier beads until confluence and were then embedded a in three-dimensional fibrin gel.…”
Section: Rdd Purificationmentioning
confidence: 99%