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Lecticans: organizers of the brain extracellular matrix

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Yamaguchi, Y.·2000·Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

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Lecticans are a family of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans, encompassing aggrecan, versican, neurocan and brevican. These proteoglycans are characterized by the presence of a hyaluronan-binding domain and a C-type lectin domain in their core proteins. Through these domains, lecticans interact with carbohydrate and protein ligands in the extracellular matrix and act as linkers of these extracellular matrix molecules. In adult brain, lecticans are thought to interact with hyaluronan and tenascin-R to form a ternary complex. We propose that the hyaluronan-lectican-tenascin-R complex constitutes the core assembly of the adult brain extracellular matrix, which is found mainly in pericellular spaces of neurons as 'perineuronal nets'.

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Authors
Yamaguchi, Y.
Affiliations
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (US)
Corresponding author
Yamaguchi, Y.
Venue
Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
Published
2000-02
Volume
57
Issue
2
Pages
276-289
ISSN
1420-682X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1974815300
Cited by
642
References
5
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FWCI
7.15
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (5r01ns032717-08)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NS 32717)
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (HD 25938, P01HD025938)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Rheumatology › Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms
Keywords
lecticans, chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans, aggrecan, versican, neurocan, brevican, hyaluronic acid, tenascin-R, extracellular matrix, perineuronal nets, C-type lectin domain, hyaluronan-binding domain
MeSH terms
Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Brain, Extracellular Matrix, Humans, Models, Biological, Molecular Sequence Data, Organ Specificity, Protein Processing, Post-Translational, Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans, Alternative Splicing, Protein Structure, Tertiary

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