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The structural features of the adult rat hepatocyte (ARH) forms of cell-CAM 105, a Mr 105,000 cell adhesion molecule, were compared using a variety of immunochemical and biochemical techniques with altered forms of more basic pI present on two transplantable hepatocellular carcinomas (THC 1682c and THC AS-30D). Immunoprecipitation analysis with polyclonal (anti-gp 105-2) and monoclonal (MAb) antibodies specific for cell-CAM 105 (MAb 362.50) demonstrated that ARH and THC cell-CAM 105 were indistinguishable in several respects including: (a) binding to wheat germ agglutinin; (b) labeling with NaIO4/NaB3H4; (c) susceptibility to digestion with endoglycosidases (endoglycosidase H and F and peptide N-glycosidase F N-glycanase); (d) rate of turnover on the cell surface; and (e) differential resistance of upper and lower forms to trypsin digestion in the presence or absence of calcium. Digestion with Clostridium perfringens or Vibrio cholerae neuraminidase did not equalize pI but instead decreased the size and increased the pI of both ARH and THC cell-CAM 105. Comparison of two-dimensional tryptic peptide maps, however, revealed five unique peptides in the THC AS-30D map and one peptide in the THC 1682c map, peptides which were only apparent in maps of deglycosylated ARH cell-CAM 105. Based on these results, it was concluded that there were significant differences in the glycosylation of ARH and THC cell-CAM 105. Biosynthetic labeling with 32PO4 and 35SO4 showed that both ARH and THC molecules were phosphorylated but not sulfated. Comparison of 32P-labeled peptides produced by digestion with V-8 protease revealed significant differences in the phosphorylation of the upper and lower forms from ARH and showed that the pattern of phosphorylation on THC cell-CAM 105 most closely resembled ARH upper form. Pulse-chase analysis of ARH cell-CAM 105 further indicated that only a subpopulation of the molecules labeled with [35S]methionine were phosphorylated.
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PMID:Comparison of the structural characteristics of cell-CAM 105 from hepatocytes with those of an altered form expressed by rat transplantable hepatocellular carcinomas. 281 19

N-cadherin is calcium-dependent cell adhesion molecule that mediates cell-cell adhesion and also modulates cell migration and tumor invasion. N-cadherin is a heavily glycosylated protein. Many studies have demonstrated that malignant transformation of a number of cell types correlates with changes of cell surface N-linked oligosacharides. We have studied the carbohydrate profile of N-cadherin synthesized in human melanoma cell lines and the effect of this protein and complex N-glycans on in vitro migration of melanoma cells from the primary tumor site--WM35 and from different metastatic sites WM239 (skin), WM9 (lymph node), and A375 (solid tumor). N-cadherin was immunoprecipitated with anti-human N-cadherin polyclonal antibodies. Characterization of its carbohydrate moieties was carried out by SDS-PAGE electrophoresis and blotting, followed by immunochemical identification of the N-cadherin polypeptides and on-blot deglycosylation using PNGase F for glycan release. N-glycans were separated by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI MS) and their structures identified by the computer matching of the resulting masses with those derived from a sequence database. The assay of in vitro chemotaxic cell migration was performed using QCM Cell Invasion Assay (Chemicon). N-cadherin from WM35 (primary tumor site) possessed high-mannose and biantennary complex type glycans with alpha2-6 linked sialic acid. N-cadherin from WM239, WM9, and A375 cell lines possessed mostly tri- or tetra-antennary complex type glycans. In addition, N-cadherin from WM9 (lymph node metastatic site) and A375 (solid tumor metastatic site) contained heavily alpha-fucosylated complex type chains with alpha2,3 linked sialic acid. Blocking of N-cadherin-mediated intercellular interaction by N-cadherin-specific antibodies significantly (of about 40%) inhibited migration of melanoma cells. Inhibition of synthesis of complex type N-glycans by swainsonine (mannosidase II inhibitor) led to 50% decrease of cell migration. The results indicated differences between N-cadherin glycans from primary and metastatic sites and confirmed influence of N-cadherin and complex -type N-glycans on in vitro migration of melanoma cells.
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PMID:The structure of the oligosaccharides of N-cadherin from human melanoma cell lines. 1531 81

beta-Galactose residues on N-glycans have been implicated to be involved in growth regulation of cells. In the present study we compared the galactosylation of cell surface N-glycans of mouse Balb/3T3 cells between 30 and 100% densities and found the beta-1,4-galactosylation of N-glycans increases predominantly in a 100-kDa protein band on lectin blot analysis in combination with digestions by diplococcal beta-galactosidase and N-glycanase. When cells at 100% density were treated with jack bean beta-galactosidase, the incorporation of 5-bromodeoxyuridine into the cells was stimulated in a dose-dependent manner, suggesting the involvement of the galactose residues in growth regulation of cells. A galactose-binding protein was isolated from the plasma membranes of cells at 100% density by affinity chromatography using an asialo-transferrin-Sepharose column and found to be galectin-3 as revealed by mass spectrometric analysis. The addition of recombinant galectin-3 into cells at 50% density inhibited the incorporation of 5-bromodeoxyuridine in a dose-dependent manner, but the inhibition was prevented with haptenic sugar. An immunocytochemical study showed that galectin-3 is present at the surface of cells at 100% density but not at 30% density where it locates inside the cells. Several glycoproteins bind to a galectin-3-immobilized column, a major of which was identified as vascular cell adhesion molecule (VCAM)-1. Immunocytochemical studies showed that some galectin-3 and VCAM-1 co-localize at the surface of cells at 100% density, indicating that the binding of galectin-3 secreted from cells to VCAM-1 is one of the pathways involved in the growth regulation of Balb/3T3 cells.
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PMID:Involvement of Galectin-3 with vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 in growth regulation of mouse BALB/3T3 cells. 1985 21