ArticleNature communications2024
Specific 3-O-sulfated heparan sulfate domains regulate salivary gland basement membrane metabolism and epithelial differentiation.
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- RNA-binding protein PTBP1 mediates HSV-1 attachment and infection through regulation of heparan sulfate 3-O-sulfotransferase gene expression.Cell & bioscience · 2025Article
- Supervised Machine-Based Learning and Computational Analysis to Reveal Unique Molecular Signatures Associated with Wound Healing and Fibrotic Outcomes to Lens Injury.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Loss of 3-O-sulfotransferase enzymes, Hs3st3a1 and Hs3st3b1, reduces kidney and glomerular size and disrupts glomerular architecture.Matrix biology : journal of the International Society for Matrix Biology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Heparan sulfate (HS) regulation of FGFR function, which is essential for salivary gland (SG) development, is determined by the immense structural diversity of sulfated HS domains. 3-O-sulfotransferases generate highly 3-O-sulfated HS domains (3-O-HS), and Hs3st3a1 and Hs3st3b1 are enriched in myoepithelial cells (MECs) that produce basement membrane (BM) and are a growth factor signaling hub. Hs3st3a1;Hs3st3b1 double-knockout (DKO) mice generated to investigate 3-O-HS regulation of MEC function and growth factor signaling show loss of specific highly 3-O-HS and increased FGF/FGFR complex binding to HS. During development, this increases FGFR-, BM- and MEC-related gene expression, while in adult, it reduces MECs, increases BM and disrupts acinar polarity, resulting in salivary hypofunction. Defined 3-O-HS added to FGFR pulldown assays and primary organ cultures modulates FGFR signaling to regulate MEC BM synthesis, which is critical for secretory unit homeostasis and acinar function. Understanding how sulfated HS regulates development will inform the use of HS mimetics in organ regeneration.
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