Biomaterial Database

Heparan sulphate biosynthesis and disease. 2008

Satomi Nadanaka, and Hiroshi Kitagawa

Department of Biochemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Kobe 658-8558, Japan.

Proteoglycans carrying heparan sulphate (HS) chains are ubiquitously expressed at cell surfaces and in extra-cellular matrices, and HS chains interact with numerous proteins, including growth factors, morphogens and extra-cellular-matrix proteins. These interactions form the basis of HS-related biological phenomena. Thus, the biosynthesis of HS regulates key events in embryonic development and homeostasis, and deranged HS biosynthesis could cause diseases. EXT1 and EXT2 genes encoding the polymerase responsible for HS biosynthesis are known as causative genes of hereditary multiple exostoses, a dominantly inherited genetic disorder characterized by the formation of multiple cartilaginous tumours. In this review, we will summarize HS biosynthesis in several model animals, the effects on cellular functions by alteration of HS biosynthesis, and HS-associated diseases. This review suggests that HS biosynthetic enzymes would be potential candidates for drug targets in various diseases.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D006951	Hyperlipoproteinemias	Conditions with abnormally elevated levels of LIPOPROTEINS in the blood. They may be inherited, acquired, primary, or secondary. Hyperlipoproteinemias are classified according to the pattern of lipoproteins on electrophoresis or ultracentrifugation.	Hyperlipoproteinemia
D008969	Molecular Sequence Data	Descriptions of specific amino acid, carbohydrate, or nucleotide sequences which have appeared in the published literature and/or are deposited in and maintained by databanks such as GENBANK, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), National Biomedical Research Foundation (NBRF), or other sequence repositories.	Sequence Data, Molecular,Molecular Sequencing Data,Data, Molecular Sequence,Data, Molecular Sequencing,Sequencing Data, Molecular
D009369	Neoplasms	New abnormal growth of tissue. Malignant neoplasms show a greater degree of anaplasia and have the properties of invasion and metastasis, compared to benign neoplasms.	Benign Neoplasm,Cancer,Malignant Neoplasm,Tumor,Tumors,Benign Neoplasms,Malignancy,Malignant Neoplasms,Neoplasia,Neoplasm,Neoplasms, Benign,Cancers,Malignancies,Neoplasias,Neoplasm, Benign,Neoplasm, Malignant,Neoplasms, Malignant
D001847	Bone Diseases	Diseases of BONES.	Bone Disease,Disease, Bone,Diseases, Bone
D002240	Carbohydrate Sequence	The sequence of carbohydrates within POLYSACCHARIDES; GLYCOPROTEINS; and GLYCOLIPIDS.	Carbohydrate Sequences,Sequence, Carbohydrate,Sequences, Carbohydrate
D005097	Exostoses, Multiple Hereditary	Hereditary disorder transmitted by an autosomal dominant gene and characterized by multiple exostoses (multiple osteochondromas) near the ends of long bones. The genetic abnormality results in a defect in the osteoclastic activity at the metaphyseal ends of the bone during the remodeling process in childhood or early adolescence. The metaphyses develop benign, bony outgrowths often capped by cartilage. A small number undergo neoplastic transformation.	Chondrodysplasia, Hereditary Deforming,Diaphyseal Aclasis,Exostoses, Familial,Exostoses, Hereditary Multiple,Exostoses, Multiple,Exostoses, Multiple Cartilaginous,Hereditary Multiple Exostoses,Osteochondromas, Multiple,Bessel-Hagen Disease,Exostoses, Multiple, Type I,Exostosis, Familial,Exostosis, Hereditary Multiple,Exostosis, Multiple,Exostosis, Multiple Cartilaginous,Familial Exostoses,Hereditary Multiple Exostosis,Multiple Cartilaginous Exostoses,Multiple Hereditary Exostoses,Multiple Osteochondromas,Multiple Osteochondromatosis,Aclases, Diaphyseal,Aclasis, Diaphyseal,Cartilaginous Exostoses, Multiple,Cartilaginous Exostosis, Multiple,Chondrodysplasias, Hereditary Deforming,Deforming Chondrodysplasia, Hereditary,Deforming Chondrodysplasias, Hereditary,Diaphyseal Aclases,Familial Exostosis,Hereditary Deforming Chondrodysplasia,Hereditary Deforming Chondrodysplasias,Hereditary Exostoses, Multiple,Multiple Cartilaginous Exostosis,Multiple Exostoses,Multiple Exostoses, Hereditary,Multiple Exostosis,Multiple Exostosis, Hereditary,Multiple Osteochondroma,Osteochondroma, Multiple
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D017351	N-Acetylglucosaminyltransferases	Enzymes that catalyze the transfer of N-acetylglucosamine from a nucleoside diphosphate N-acetylglucosamine to an acceptor molecule which is frequently another carbohydrate. EC 2.4.1.-.	N-Acetylglucosamine Transferases,N Acetylglucosamine Transferases,N Acetylglucosaminyltransferases,Transferases, N-Acetylglucosamine
D051379	Mice	The common name for the genus Mus.	Mice, House,Mus,Mus musculus,Mice, Laboratory,Mouse,Mouse, House,Mouse, Laboratory,Mouse, Swiss,Mus domesticus,Mus musculus domesticus,Swiss Mice,House Mice,House Mouse,Laboratory Mice,Laboratory Mouse,Mice, Swiss,Swiss Mouse,domesticus, Mus musculus