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Heparan sulfate in human cutaneous Meissner's and Pacinian corpuscles

Heparan sulfate proteoglycans are pericellular/cell surface molecules involved in somatosensory axon guidance in the peripheral nervous system. However, the distribution of heparan sulfate proteoglycans in the extracellular matrix of human cutaneous sensory corpuscles is unknown. Immunohistochemistr...

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Published in:Anatomical record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007) N.J. : 2007), 2020-08, Vol.303 (8), p.2262-2273
Main Authors: García‐Piqueras, Jorge, García‐Suárez, Olivia, García‐Mesa, Yolanda, García‐Fernandez, Beatriz, Quirós, Luis M., Cobo, Ramón, Martín‐Biedma, Benjamin, Feito, Jorge, Vega, José A.
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Summary:Heparan sulfate proteoglycans are pericellular/cell surface molecules involved in somatosensory axon guidance in the peripheral nervous system. However, the distribution of heparan sulfate proteoglycans in the extracellular matrix of human cutaneous sensory corpuscles is unknown. Immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence assays were performed to define the localization of heparan sulfate proteoglycans in human cutaneous Meissner's and Pacinian corpuscles using two anti‐heparan sulfate antibodies together with anti‐S100 protein, anti‐PGP9.5, anti‐CD34 (to immunolabel basement membranes, Schwann cells, axon and the intermediate endoneurial layer of Pacinian corpuscles, respectively), anti‐Type IV collagen, and anti‐chondroitin sulfate antibodies. Heparan sulfate proteoglycans were colocalized with Type IV collagen in Meissner's corpuscles and were located in the outer core lamellae and capsule, but not in the inner core or the intermediate layer, in Pacinian corpuscles. Chondroitin sulfate was observed in the intermediate layer of Pacinian corpuscles but was never colocalized with heparan sulfate proteoglycans. The present results strongly suggest that heparan sulfate proteoglycans are associated with the basement membranes of the lamellar cells in Meissner's corpuscles and with the complex outer core capsule in Pacinian corpuscles. The functional significance of these results, if any, remains to be elucidated.
ISSN:1932-8486
1932-8494
DOI:10.1002/ar.24328