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Distinct heparan sulfate compositions in wild-type and pipe-mutant eggshell matrix.

Youmie Park, Zhenqing Zhang, Robert J Linhardt, Ellen K LeMosy

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Article in Fly. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Maternal control of the Drosophila dorsal-ventral body axis.Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Developmental biology
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Youmie ParkDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, and Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA.
Zhenqing Zhang
Robert J Linhardt
Ellen K LeMosy
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute · US

Funding

Synthetic Heparan Sulfate: Probing Biosynthesis to Prepare Defined DrugsR01HL062244 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI DEANGELIS, PAUL L, LINHARDT, ROBERT J · 2001 to 2016
$4.1M
SEQUENCING THE POLYSACCHARIDE COMPONENT OF PROTEOGLYCANSR01GM038060 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI LINHARDT, ROBERT J · 1988 to 2012
$2.8M
Spatial Control of Proteolysis in Dorsoventral PolarityR01GM067738 · NIGMS · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA (MCG) · PI LEMOSY, ELLEN K · 2004 to 2009
$1.4M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL062244NIGMS NIH HHS GM067738NIGMS NIH HHS GM38060NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM038060NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM067738
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spatial information embedded in the extracellular matrix establishes the dorsoventral polarity of the Drosophila embryo through the ventral activity of a serine protease cascade. Pipe is a Golgi-localized protein responsible for generating this spatial information during oogenesis through sulfation of unknown glycans. Although Pipe has sequence homology to glycosaminoglycan 2-O-sulfotransferases, its activity and authentic substrates have not been demonstrated and genetic evidence has argued against a role for glycosaminoglycans in dorsoventral polarity establishment. Here, direct examination of matrix glycosaminoglycans demonstrates that pipe-mutant matrix shows decreased tri-sulfated heparan sulfate compared to wild-type matrix, with correspondingly increased 2-O-sulfated heparan sulfate. Chondroitin sulfate was not detected in this matrix. These results suggest that Pipe promotes 6-O- and/or N-sulfation of heparan sulfate but is not required for heparan sulfate 2-O-sulfation. We discuss the possible significance of these unexpected findings and how they might be reconciled with the genetic data.

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Embryonic DevelopmentAnimalsDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsExtracellular MatrixGlycosaminoglycansHeparan SulfateOvumSulfotransferasesDrosophila ProteinsGlycosaminoglycansHeparan Sulfatepip protein, DrosophilaSulfotransferases

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PMID18719407
PMCPMC2784221
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