It is intended to provide a novel chondroitin sulfate/dermatan sulfate
hybrid chain having biding activity toward a variety of growth factors,
neurite outgrowth-promoting activity, and anticoagulant activity and to
provide a composition for neurological disease treatment. The novel
chondroitin sulfate/dermatan sulfate hybrid chain was separated and
purified from the bodies of fishes other than bony fishes. When shark
skin is used, the hybrid chain comprises a disaccharide
GlcUA(2S)-GalNAc(4S) and has an average molecular weight of 65 to 75 kDa,
and the degree of sulfation per disaccharide molecule falls within the
range of 0.7 or more to less than 1.20. The hybrid chain is capable of
binding to a variety of growth factors and further possesses neurite
outgrowth-promoting activity and anticoagulant activity.