INCORPORATION OF SULFATE-S-35 AND GLUCOSAMINE-H-3 INTO HEPARAN AND CHONDROITIN SULFATES DURING THE CELL-CYCLE OF B16-F10 CELLS

Changes in glycosaminoglycan composition occurring during the cell cycle were determined in B16-F10 cells sorted flow cytometrically with respect to DNA content. Incorporation of 35S-sulfate into heparan sulfate and chondroitin sulfate of unsorted and G1, S and G2 + M sorted cells was determined following chondroitinase ABC or nitrous acid treatment; the incorporation into surface material was measured as the difference between the radioactivity of control and trypsin-treated cells. Incorporation of 35S-sulfate and 3H-glucosamine into cetyl pyridinium chloride (CPC)-precipitable material was characterized before and after chondroitinase or nitrous acid treatment by Sephadex G50 chromatography. Long-term (48 h) and short-term (1 h) labeling studies demonstrate that the amount of total cellular chondroitin sulfate is greater than that of heparan sulfate, with larger amounts of unsulfated heparan than chondroitin being present; the rate of turnover of heparan sulfate is greater than that of chondroitin sulfate; greatest short-term incorporation of 3H-glucosamine into CPC-precipitable material occurs during S phase; and the rate of turnover of both heparan sulfate and chondroitin sulfate is decreased in S phase relative to G1 and G2 + M.