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J Biol Chem, Vol. 274, Issue 35, 25085-25092, August 27, 1999

Three Isoforms of Mammalian Hyaluronan Synthases Have Distinct Enzymatic Properties

Naoki ItanoDagger , Takahiro SawaiDagger , Mamoru YoshidaDagger , Petros LenasDagger , Yoichi YamadaDagger , Michiko ImagawaDagger , Tamayuki ShinomuraDagger , Michinari Hamaguchi§, Yuko Yoshida, Youji Ohnuki, Satoshi Miyauchi, Andrew P. Spicerparallel , John A. McDonald**, and Koji KimataDagger

From the Dagger  Institute for Molecular Science of Medicine, Aichi Medical University, Yazako, Nagakute, Aichi 480-1195, the § Department of Molecular Pathogenesis, Nagoya University School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466, the  Tokyo Institute, Seikagaku Corporation, Higashi-Yamato, Tokyo 207, Japan, the parallel  Department of Biological Chemistry, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, California 95616, and the ** Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Arizona 85259

Three mammalian hyaluronan synthase genes, HAS1, HAS2, and HAS3, have recently been cloned. In this study, we characterized and compared the enzymatic properties of these three HAS proteins. Expression of any of these genes in COS-1 cells or rat 3Y1 fibroblasts yielded de novo formation of a hyaluronan coat. The pericellular coats formed by HAS1 transfectants were significantly smaller than those formed by HAS2 or HAS3 transfectants. Kinetic studies of these enzymes in the membrane fractions isolated from HAS transfectants demonstrated that HAS proteins are distinct from each other in enzyme stability, elongation rate of HA, and apparent Km values for the two substrates UDP-GlcNAc and UDP-GlcUA. Analysis of the size distributions of hyaluronan generated in vitro by the recombinant proteins demonstrated that HAS3 synthesized hyaluronan with a molecular mass of 1 × 105 to 1 × 106 Da, shorter than those synthesized by HAS1 and HAS2 which have molecular masses of 2 × 105 to ~2 × 106 Da. Furthermore, comparisons of hyaluronan secreted into the culture media by stable HAS transfectants showed that HAS1 and HAS3 generated hyaluronan with broad size distributions (molecular masses of 2 × 105 to ~2 × 106 Da), whereas HAS2 generated hyaluronan with a broad but extremely large size (average molecular mass of >2 × 106 Da). The occurrence of three HAS isoforms with such distinct enzymatic characteristics may provide the cells with flexibility in the control of hyaluronan biosynthesis and functions.


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