Heparan sulfate modulates Slit3-induced endothelial cell migration

Methods Mol Biol. 2015:1229:549-55. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1714-3_43.

Abstract

Heparan sulfate is a long, linear polysaccharide with sulfation modifications and belongs to the glycosaminoglycan family. Our recent studies elucidated that the axon guidance molecule Slit3 is a new heparan sulfate-binding protein and a novel angiogenic factor by interacting with its cognate receptor Robo4, which is specifically expressed in endothelial cells. Here we describe using heparan sulfate-deficient mouse endothelial cells to determine the co-reception function of heparan sulfate in Slit3-induced endothelial cell migration in a Boyden chamber trans-well migration assay.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cell Movement*
  • Endothelial Cells / cytology*
  • Endothelial Cells / metabolism*
  • Heparitin Sulfate / metabolism*
  • Membrane Proteins / metabolism*
  • Mice
  • Statistics as Topic
  • Sus scrofa

Substances

  • Membrane Proteins
  • Slit3 protein, mouse
  • Heparitin Sulfate