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Identification of novel chondroitin proteoglycans in Caenorhabditis elegans: embryonic cell division depends on CPG-1 and CPG-2

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authors

  • Olson, S. K.
  • Bishop, J. R.
  • Yates III, John
  • Oegema, K.
  • Esko, J. D.

publication date

  • June 2006

journal

  • Journal of Cell Biology  Journal

abstract

  • Vertebrates produce multiple chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans that play important roles in development and tissue mechanics. In the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, the chondroitin chains lack sulfate but nevertheless play essential roles in embryonic development and vulval morphogenesis. However, assignment of these functions to specific proteoglycans has been limited by the lack of identified core proteins. We used a combination of biochemical purification, Western blotting, and mass spectrometry to identify nine C. elegans chondroitin proteoglycan core proteins, none of which have homologues in vertebrates or other invertebrates such as Drosophila melanogaster or Hydra vulgaris. CPG-1/CEJ-1 and CPG-2 are expressed during embryonic development and bind chitin, suggesting a structural role in the egg. RNA interference (RNAi) depletion of individual CPGs had no effect on embryonic viability, but simultaneous depletion of CPG-1/CEJ-1 and CPG-2 resulted in multinucleated single-cell embryos. This embryonic lethality phenocopies RNAi depletion of the SQV-5 chondroitin synthase, suggesting that chondroitin chains on these two proteoglycans are required for cytokinesis.

subject areas

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Caenorhabditis elegans
  • Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins
  • Cell Division
  • Chitin
  • Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans
  • Glycosyltransferases
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Proteomics
  • RNA Interference
  • Sequence Analysis, Protein
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Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC2063922

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0021-9525

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1083/jcb.200603003

PubMed ID

  • 16785326
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Additional Document Info

start page

  • 985

end page

  • 994

volume

  • 173

issue

  • 6

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