Abstract

MAGP-1 and fibrillin-1, two protein components of extracellular microfibrils, were shown by immunoprecipitation studies to interact with the chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan decorin in the medium of cultured fetal bovine chondrocytes. Decorin interacted with each protein individually and with both proteins together to form a ternary complex. Expression of truncated fibrillin-1 proteins in Chinese hamster ovary cells localized proteoglycan binding to an amino-terminal region near the proline-rich domain. A spatially analogous fibrillin-2 truncated protein did not coprecipitate the same sulfated molecule, suggesting that chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan binding in this region is specific for fibrillin-1. An interaction between fibrillin and MAGP-1 was also observed under culture conditions that abrogated decorin secretion, suggesting that the two microfibrillar proteins can associate in the absence of the proteoglycan. Sulfation of matrix proteins is important for elastic fiber assembly because inhibition of sulfation was shown to prevent microfibrillar protein incorporation into the extracellular matrix of cultured cells.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1499-1507
Number of pages9
JournalMolecular biology of the cell
Volume11
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2000

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