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The location and chemical composition of anionic sites on the endothelium of the choriocapillaris was investigated with cationic ferritin and enzyme digestion techniques. Cationic ferritin administered intravenously initially labeled essentially all fenestral diaphragms. Within 30 min after injection, no diaphrams remained labeled, but they could be relabeled by a second cationic ferritin injection. Following perfusion of cationic ferritin, the entire luminal front of the endothelium was labeled: the plasmalemma and fenestral, vesicle, and channel diaphragms. Perfusion of neuraminidase or chondroitinase did not affect subsequent cationic ferritin binding. In contrast, heparitinase removed anionic sites on all structures except fenestral diaphragms. Cationic ferritin did not mark the endothelium following heparinase digestion. All sites were cleaved with pronase E. These results indicate that heparin is the anionic moiety on fenestral diaphragms while the glycocalcyces of the plasmalemma and vesicle and channel diaphragms are rich in a heparan sulfate proteoglycan. Furthermore, since the heparan sulfate localized to these structures was digested by both heparinase and heparitinase, it is in a form similar to heparin. These findings demonstrate that the endothelium of the choriocapillaris bears cell-surface anionic components that are different than those described for fenestrated endothelia lining other vascular beds.
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Pino, R.M. The cell surface of a restrictive fenestrated endothelium. Cell Tissue Res. 243, 157–164 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00221864
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