イタノ ナオキ   ITANO NAOKI
  板野 直樹
   所属   京都産業大学  生命科学部 先端生命科学科
   職種   教授
言語種別 英語
発行・発表の年月 1999/08
形態種別 研究論文
査読 査読あり
標題 Three isoforms of mammalian hyaluronan synthases have distinct enzymatic properties
執筆形態 その他
掲載誌名 JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
出版社・発行元 AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
巻・号・頁 274(35),pp.25085-25092
著者・共著者 N Itano,T Sawai,M Yoshida,P Lenas,Y Yamada,M Imagawa,T Shinomura,M Hamaguchi,Y Yoshida,Y Ohnuki,S Miyauchi,AP Spicer,JA McDonald,K Kimata
概要 Three mammalian hyaluronan synthase genes, HAS1, HAS2, and HAS3, have recently been cloned. In this study, we characterized and compared the enzymatic properties of these three HAS proteins. Expression of any of these genes in COS-1 cells or rat 3Y1 fibroblasts yielded de novo formation of a hyaluronan coat. The pericellular coats formed by HAS1 transfectants were significantly smaller than those formed by HAS2 or HAS3 transfectants. Kinetic studies of these enzymes in the membrane fractions isolated from HAS transfectants demonstrated that HAS proteins are distinct from each other in enzyme stability, elongation rate of HA, and apparent K-m values for the two substrates UDP-GlcNAc and UDP-GlcUA. Analysis of the size distributions of hyaluronan generated in vitro by the recombinant proteins demonstrated that HAS3 synthesized hyaluronan with a molecular mass of 1 x 10(5) to 1 x 10(6) Da, shorter than those synthesized by HAS1 and HAS2 which have molecular masses of 2 x 10(5) to similar to 2 x 10(6) Da. Furthermore, comparisons of hyaluronan secreted into the culture media by stable HAS transfectants showed that HAS1 and HAS2 generated hyaluronan with broad size distributions (molecular masses of 2 x 10(5) to similar to 2 x 106 Ha), whereas HAS2 generated hyaluronan with a broad but extremely large size (average molecular mass of >2 x 10(6) Da). The occurrence of three HAS isoforms with such distinct enzymatic characteristics may provide the cells with flexibility in the control of hyaluronan biosynthesis and functions.
ISSN 0021-9258