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ArticleeLife2022

Glypican-1 drives unconventional secretion of fibroblast growth factor 2.

Carola Sparn, Eleni Dimou, Annalena Meyer, Roberto Saleppico, Sabine Wegehingel, Matthias Gerstner, Severina Klaus, Helge Ewers, Walter Nickel

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Article in eLife, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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20 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Carola SparnHeidelberg University, Biochemistry Center, Heidelberg, Germany.
Eleni Dimou *Heidelberg University, Biochemistry Center, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4885-135X
Annalena Meyer *Heidelberg University, Biochemistry Center, Heidelberg, Germany.
Roberto Saleppico *Heidelberg University, Biochemistry Center, Heidelberg, Germany.
Sabine WegehingelHeidelberg University, Biochemistry Center, Heidelberg, Germany.
Matthias GerstnerHeidelberg University, Biochemistry Center, Heidelberg, Germany.
Severina KlausHeidelberg University, Biochemistry Center, Heidelberg, Germany.
Helge EwersInstitut für Chemie und Biochemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3948-4332
Walter NickelHeidelberg University, Biochemistry Center, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6496-8286
Heidelberg University · DEFreie Universität Berlin · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2) is a tumor cell survival factor that is transported into the extracellular space by an unconventional secretory mechanism. Cell surface heparan sulfate proteoglycans are known to play an essential role in this process. Unexpectedly, we found that among the diverse subclasses consisting of syndecans, perlecans, glypicans, and others, Glypican-1 (GPC1) is the principle and rate-limiting factor that drives unconventional secretion of FGF2. By contrast, we demonstrate GPC1 to be dispensable for FGF2 signaling into cells. We provide first insights into the structural basis for GPC1-dependent FGF2 secretion, identifying disaccharides with N-linked sulfate groups to be enriched in the heparan sulfate chains of GPC1 to which FGF2 binds with high affinity. Our findings have broad implications for the role of GPC1 as a key molecule in tumor progression.

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Fibroblast Growth Factor 2GlypicansCell MembraneHeparan SulfateHeparan Sulfate ProteoglycansHumansFibroblast Growth Factor 2GlypicansHeparan SulfateHeparan Sulfate Proteoglycansbiochemistrybiochemistry of biological membranescell biologychemical biologyfibroblast growth factor 2glypicanhumanphosphoinositidesprotein translocation across membranesunconventional protein secretion

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PMID35348113
PMCPMC8986318
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