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Syndecan-1 expressed in Schwann cells causes morphological transformation and cytoskeletal reorganization and associates with actin during cell spreading

DJ Carey, RC Stahl, G Cizmeci-Smith and VK Asundi
Weis Center for Research, Geisinger Clinic, Danville, Pennsylvania 17822.

To investigate the biological functions of transmembrane proteoglycans we have produced clonal cell lines of rat Schwann cells that express the hybrid proteoglycan syndecan-1. This was done by transfection of newborn rat Schwann cells with a plasmid vector bearing the rat syndecan-1 cDNA sequence under transcriptional control of the constitutively active cytomegalovirus promoter, and a neomycin resistance gene. Stably expressing cells were selected by growth in G418. Expression of syndecan-1 was verified by Northern and immunoblot analysis and immunoprecipitation of 35SO4-labeled proteoglycans. The syndecan-1 expressing cells exhibited significantly enhanced spreading on several different substrata, including fibronectin and laminin, and an altered morphology. The enhanced spreading appeared to result from the presence of syndecan-1, based on the observation that anti-syndecan- 1 antibodies inhibited the enhanced substratum spreading. There was also a reorganization of cytoskeletal structures and formation of focal adhesions, visualized by anti-vinculin staining, which were absent from control Schwann cells. There was no apparent stable association of cell surface syndecan-1 with focal contact sites, as determined by dual staining with anti-syndecan-1 and anti-vinculin antibodies. Colocalization of patches of cell surface syndecan-1 with actin was observed, but only during cell spreading. These findings provide evidence for a role of transmembrane proteoglycans in cellular morphogenesis, and suggest that transient association of syndecans with microfilaments may be an important aspect of their biological function.
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