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Two glycoproteins were isolated from lysates of thioglycollate-stimulated, murine peritoneal macrophages by affinity chromatography on immobilized Griffonia simplicifolia I lectin and by preparative SDS/PAGE. The glycoproteins were readily labeled on the surface of intact macrophages with 3H and 125I. The labeled glycoproteins migrated as broad bands of molecular mass 92-109 kDa and 115-125 kDa. The mobility of the glycoproteins decreased only slightly after reduction with dithiothreitol, indicating the absence of intersubunit disulfide bridges. The 92-kDa and 115-kDa glycoproteins had pI 5.2-5.4 and pI less than or equal to 4, respectively. Digestion of both glycoproteins with alpha-galactosidase released 23% of their 3H content and abolished their ability to bind to the G. simplicifolia I lectin, showing that they contain terminal alpha-D-galactosyl groups. After reduction with 2-mercaptoethanol, each glycoprotein fraction was sensitive to N-glycanase; the 115-kDa glycoproteins produced a smear with the front at approximately 67 kDa, whereas the 92-kDa glycoprotein gave two bands of 61 kDa and 75 kDa. Unreduced glycoproteins were insensitive to N-glycanase, suggesting the presence of intramolecular disulfide bonds. Although each glycoprotein fraction was sensitive to endoglycosidase H, this enzyme produced only slight changes in molecular mass when compared with N-glycanase. From these results as well as from the specificity of the enzymes involved, it is concluded that each glycoprotein fraction contains complex-type oligosaccharides and a small amount of high-mannose and/or hybrid-type oligosaccharides. While each glycoprotein fraction was bound to Datura stramonium lectin, they failed to react with anti-[i-(Den)] serum and their digestion with endo-beta-galactosidase did not cause a band shift in SDS/PAGE. Taken together, these results suggest the presence of N-acetyllactosamine units which are not arrayed in linear form but occur as single units, bound either to C2 and C6, or to C2 and C4, or both, of outer mannosyl residues on complex-type oligosaccharides. The glycoprotein(s) fraction precipitated with anti-[I (Step)] serum, suggesting the presence of branched lactosaminoglycans. Digestion of both glycoprotein fractions with a mixture of sialidase and O-glycanase did not alter their mobility in SDS/PAGE, suggesting a lack or low content of O-linked trisaccharides and tetrasaccharides. Each glycoprotein fraction was bound specifically to Sambucus nigra and Maackia amurensis immobilized lectins, indicating the presence of sialic acid linked alpha 2,6 to subterminal D-galactose or N-acetylgalactosamine residues, and alpha 2,3 to N-acetyllactosamine residues, respectively.
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PMID:alpha-D-galactose-bearing glycoproteins on the surface of stimulated murine peritoneal macrophages. Biochemical and immunochemical characterization of purified glycoproteins. 158 69

We isolated four monoclonal antibodies (MAbs), M38, M101, M104, and C33, which were capable of inhibiting syncytium formation induced in a human T-cell line, MOLT-4-#8, by coculture with human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1)-positive human T-cell lines. The MAbs had, however, no inhibitory activity on syncytium formation induced in a human osteosarcoma line, HOS, by HTLV-1-positive T-cell lines. They also did not inhibit syncytium formation induced in MOLT-4-#8 by human immunodeficiency virus type 1-positive MOLT-4. All MAbs reacted with various human cell lines of lymphoid and nonlymphoid origins, including HTLV-1-positive T-cell lines. Furthermore, they all reacted with a murine A9 clone containing human chromosome 11 fragment q23-pter. Two MAbs, M104 and C33, immunoprecipitated a membrane antigen with the same molecular size. The antigen (henceforth called C33 antigen) was about 40 to 55 kDa in HTLV-1-negative Jurkat, CEM, MOLT-4, and normal peripheral blood CD4-positive human T cells and about 40 to 75 kDa in HTLV-1-positive C91/PL, TCL-Kan, MT-2, and in fresh HTLV-1-transformed CD4-positive human T-cell lines. Pulse-chase experiments revealed that C33 antigen was synthesized as a 35-kDa precursor that was then processed to 41 to 50 kDa in MOLT-4 and to 44 to 70 kDa in C91/PL. In the presence of tunicamycin, a 28-kDa protein was synthesized. The conversion from 35 kDa to 41 to 50 kDa in MOLT-4 and to 44 to 70 kDa in C91/PL was inhibited by monensin. Treatment with N-glycanase alone, but not with sialidase and O-glycanase in combination, completely removed the sugar moiety of C33 antigen from both HTLV-1-negative Jurkat and HTLV-1-positive C91/PL. Therefore, C33 antigen has only N-linked carbohydrates, the modification of which appears to be substantially altered in the presence of the HTLV-1 genome.
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PMID:Identification of membrane antigen C33 recognized by monoclonal antibodies inhibitory to human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1)-induced syncytium formation: altered glycosylation of C33 antigen in HTLV-1-positive T cells. 173 99

The involvement of the carbohydrate moiety of the human erythrocyte glucose transporter in glucose transport activity was previously demonstrated (Feugeas et al. (1990) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1030, 60-64): N-glycanase treatment of the transport glycoprotein reconstituted in proteoliposomes resulted in a dramatic decrease of the Vmax. In this study, kinetic measurements of glucose equilibrium influx confirm our previous results. In order to investigate that a minimum glycosidic structure is required to maintain glucose transport activity, proteoliposomes were respectively treated with either sialidase, or sialidase and endo-beta-galactosidase, or a pool of exo-glycosidases which allows the release of all the sugar residues, except the proximal N-acetylglucosamine. Kinetic measurements of zero-trans influx made on sialidase- and (sialidase + endo-beta-galactosidase)-treated proteoliposomes did not reveal any significant changes in the glucose transport activity. On the contrary, treatment of the same proteoliposomes by a pool of exoglycosidases led to a complete abolition of activity, suggesting that a minimum glycosidic structure is required for glucose transport activity.
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PMID:Glycosylation of the human erythrocyte glucose transporter: a minimum structure is required for glucose transport activity. 206 69

Previous studies have shown that plasma membrane compounds are involved in the contact-dependent inhibition of growth of human diploid fibroblasts. The purification of the active plasma membrane glycoprotein is described in this report. The glycoprotein has an apparent molecular mass of 60-70 kD and, due to differential sialylation, isoelectric points between pH 5.5. and 6.2. Treatment with sialidase yielded one spot in two-dimensional gel electrophoresis with an isoelectric point of 6.3. After removal of the N-glycosidically linked oligosaccharide chains, the apparent molecular mass is reduced by approximately 22 kD. Treatment was diluted NaOH, which removes the O-glycosidically linked portion of oligosaccharides, resulted in a reduction of the apparent molecular mass by approximately 5 kD. The addition of 50 ng/ml of this glycoprotein-for which the term "contactinhibin" is proposed-in immobilized form to sparsely seeded human fibroblasts resulted in a reversible 70-80% inhibition of growth. The inhibition was not confined to human fibroblasts as other cells were also inhibited, with the exclusion of transformed cells, which are refractory to contactinhibin. The inhibitory activity was abolished by treatment with beta-galactosidase or glycopeptidase F, indicating that the glycan moiety is the biologically active part of the molecule. Confluent cultures treated with antibodies raised against contactinhibin were released from the contact-dependent inhibition of growth. In addition to enhanced saturation density, these cultures exhibited a crisscross growth pattern and the formation of foci. Immunocytochemical studies showed that contactinhibin was associated with vimentin. Furthermore, contactinhibin was found to be not expressed in a species- or organ-specific manner.
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PMID:Isolation and characterization of a 60-70-kD plasma membrane glycoprotein involved in the contact-dependent inhibition of growth. 227 80

IL-5 is a T cell-derived lymphokine that induces B cell growth and differentiation in murine systems. In this study, we examined the role of carbohydrate moiety of IL-5 in the expression of biological function. IL-5 polypeptides translated in Xenopus oocytes were heterogeneous in terms of isoelectric point (pI 4.7 to 8.0) and m.w. (45,000 to 60,000 under nonreducing conditions) and yielded m.w. of 25,000 to 30,000 under reducing conditions. Treatment of rIL-5 with N-glycanase under reducing conditions yielded an IL-5 monomer of m.w. 12,000 to 14,000. Furthermore, deglycosylated rIL-5 that had been translated in the presence of tunicamycin showed very limited heterogeneity by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (first dimension, nonequilibrium pH gradient electrophoresis; second dimension, SDS-PAGE). The m.w. was 27,000 to 28,000 under non-reducing conditions and migrated to m.w. 13,000 to 14,000 under reducing conditions. These results indicate that IL-5 is a glycoprotein carrying the N-glycosidically-linked carbohydrates. Treatment of IL-5 with sialidase caused the decrease in the heterogeneity in isoelectric point of IL-5. Deglycosylated rIL-5 that had been obtained from tunicamycin-treated oocytes could bind to IL-5-responding cells (T88-M), which express both high- and low-affinity IL-5 receptors, as efficient as intact rIL-5 under high-affinity conditions. Scatchard plot analysis of equilibrium binding of 35S-labeled rIL-5 to T88-M cells revealed that the dissociation constants (Kd) of glycosylated rIL-5 and deglycosylated rIL-5 were 127 pM and 110 pM, respectively. IL-5 activities determined by both B cell growth and differentiation assays were not affected by deglycosylation. These results indicate that N-linked glycoside moiety of IL-5 molecules may not play an essential role in the expression of its activity.
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PMID:Role of carbohydrate moiety of IL-5. Effect of tunicamycin on the glycosylation of IL-5 and the biologic activity of deglycosylated IL-5. 230 8

Post-translational modification of the scrapie prion protein (PrP) is thought to account for the unusual features of this protein. Molecular cloning of a PrP cDNA identified two potential Asn-linked glycosylation sites. Both the scrapie (PrPSc) and cellular (PrPC) isoforms were susceptible to digestion by peptide N-glycosidase F (PNGase F) but resistant to endoglycosidase H as measured by migration in sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. PNGase F digestion of PrPC yielded two proteins of Mr26K and 28K; however, the 26-k species was only a minor component. In contrast, PNGase F digestion of PrPSc yielded equimolar amounts of two proteins of Mr26K and 28K. The significance of this altered stoichiometry between the 26- and 28-kDa deglycosylated forms of PrP during scrapie infection remains to be established. Both isoforms as well as PrP 27-30, which is produced by limited proteolysis of PrPSc, exhibited a reduced number of charge isomers after PNGase F digestion. The molecular weight of PrP 27-30 was reduced from 27K-30K by PNGase F digestion to 20K-22K while anhydrous hydrogen fluoride or trifluoromethanesulfonic acid treatment reduced the molecular weight to 19K-21K and 20K-22K, respectively. Denatured PrP 27-30 was radioiodinated and then assessed for its binding to lectin columns. PrP 27-30 was bound to wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) or lentil lectins and eluted with N-acetylglucosamine or alpha-methyl-mannoside, respectively. Digestion of PrP 27-30 with sialidase prevented its binding to WGA but enhanced its binding to Ricinus communis lectin. These findings argue that PrP 27-30 probably possesses Asn-linked, complex oligosaccharides with terminal sialic acids, penultimate galactoses, and fucose residues attached to the innermost N-acetyl-glucosamine. Whether differences in Asn-linked oligosaccharide structure between PrPC and PrPSc exist and are responsible for the distinct properties displayed by these two isoforms remain to be established.
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PMID:Asparagine-linked glycosylation of the scrapie and cellular prion proteins. 250 74

The ability of both primary astrocytes from rat cerebrum and a rat C6 glioma cell line to take up lysosomal enzymes by receptor-mediated endocytosis was compared. The beta-glucuronidase secreted by 3T3 fibroblasts was purified to homogeneity by antibody affinity chromatography, iodinated and used as a typical enzyme to determine the nature of receptors involved in its uptake into glial cells. Both primary astrocytes and C6 glioma cells took up 125I-labelled enzyme in a rapid and saturable manner indicative of specific receptors, while immunostaining with an anti-mouse beta-glucuronidase antibody showed that the enzyme was distributed in a mainly punctate pattern after uptake, characteristic of that of lysosomes. Subcellular fractionation of C6 glioma cells following endocytosis revealed that the enzyme became localised in lysosomes, after first passing through an endosomal compartment. Uptake of enzyme was reduced markedly after its sugar side chains had been removed with N-glycanase, indicating that endocytosis was mediated via a carbohydrate-recognising receptor. A range of carbohydrates and glycoproteins were tested for their ability to inhibit receptor-mediated endocytosis but of these only sialic acid had a notable effect. Further evidence that endocytosis of beta-glucuronidase into primary astrocytes and C6 gliomas may be mediated via sialic acid receptors was provided by the large reduction in rate of uptake observed following removal of this sugar from the enzyme with sialidase.
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PMID:Receptor-mediated uptake of beta-glucuronidase into primary astrocytes and C6 glioma cells from rat brain. 319 88

A rat liver-specific antigen (RLSA) lost its binding ability to the corresponding monoclonal antibody after treatment with N-glycanase or sialidase, which suggested that the specific binding site might be in a portion of the sugar chain containing sialic acid. The specific antigen reacted with wheat germ agglutinin, lentil lectin, erythroagglutinating phytohemagglutinin and Ricinus communis agglutinin, but not with concanavalin A or peanut agglutinin. These results suggest that the specific antigen has asparagine-linked complex-type sugar chains which might be the binding sites of the monoclonal antibody.
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PMID:Binding site of the rat liver specific monoclonal antibody. 337 70

The structure of carbohydrates in acetylcholine receptor (AChR) from Torpedo californica is reported. Oligosaccharides released quantitatively from the whole molecule by N-oligosaccharide glycopeptidase digestion were fractionated by thin-layer chromatography and further purified by high-performance liquid chromatography. We show that more than 70% of the total oligosaccharide chains in Torpedo AChR are of the high-mannose type with the structures (Man)8(GlcNAc)2 and (Man)9(GlcNAc)2. The structure of these oligosaccharides were determined by proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. These two types of oligosaccharides were shown to be distributed different proportions in all subunits of Torpedo AChR. We also show that several kinds of complex-type oligosaccharides comprising the rest of the carbohydrate in the protein exist mainly in the gamma and delta subunits. The structure of the carbohydrate moiety that is distributed on the four subunits of AChR was also examined by susceptibility to endo-beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase and sialidase and by binding affinity to lectins, e.g. concanavalin A, leucoagglutinating phytohemagglutinin, and wheat germ agglutinin.
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PMID:Carbohydrate structures of acetylcholine receptor from Torpedo californica and distribution of oligosaccharides among the subunits. 370 35

In a previous report (Kitajima, K., Inoue, S., and Inoue, Y. (1989) Dev. Biol. 132, 544-553), we found the presence of a heavily glycosylated polyprotein, "H-hyosophorin," isolated from the unfertilized eggs of Oryzias latipes. We now report our detailed analysis of the structure of the N-glycan chain in L-hyosophorin, the smallest repeating unit of H-hyosophorin, which was isolated from the fertilized eggs of O. latipes and formed from H-hyosophorin upon fertilization. The N-glycan structures were defined by a combination of compositional analysis, methylation analysis, selective chemical degradation (i.e. mild methanolysis, periodate-Smith degradation, and hydrazinolysis-nitrous acid deamination), enzymatic (endo-beta-galactosidase, peptide:N-glycanase, and Newcastle disease virus sialidase) digestion, and instrumental analyses (one- and two-dimensional proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry) which revealed novel and unique features: (a) the presence of highly branched poly-N-acetylactosamino pentaantennary structures; (b) the presence of a beta-galactosylated Lewis X antigenic epitope, Gal beta 1-->4 Gal beta 1-->4 (Fuc alpha 1-->3) GlcNAc beta 1-->; (c) the presence of a beta-galactosylated sialyl Lewis X structure, Gal beta 1-->4 (Neu5Ac alpha 2-->3) Gal beta 1-->4(Fuc alpha 1-->3) GlcNAc beta 1-->; (d) the presence of Gal beta 1-->4 Gal beta 1--> and Gal beta 1--> 4Gal beta 1-->4Gal beta 1--> as the major and minor groupings, respectively; and (e) the presence of the branched Gal residues, -->4GlcNAc beta 1-->3(Gal beta 1-->4) Gal beta 1-->. This study represents the first detailed investigation regarding the nature of highly branched complex asparagine-linked pentaantennary glycans in glycoproteins. The unique expression of such bulky multiantennary glycan units on proteins could be essential during early embryogenesis.
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PMID:Structural studies of a novel type of pentaantennary large glycan unit in the fertilization-associated carbohydrate-rich glycopeptide isolated from the fertilized eggs of Oryzias latipes. 813 8


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