title: Glycoprotein receptors for a heat-stable enterotoxin (STh) produced by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli.
abstract: Glycoprotein receptors for heat-stable enterotoxin STh of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in the rat intestinal cell membrane were identified and characterized. Incubation of rat intestinal cell membranes with radioiodinated N-5-azidonitrobenzoyl-STh[5-19] (125I-ANB-STh[5-19]) followed by photolysis resulted in specific radiolabeling of two distinct proteins with M(r)s of 200,000 (designated STR-200A and STR-200B). STR-200A was found to be composed of two molecules of a protein with an M(r) of 70,000 (70-kDa protein), whereas STR-200B was composed of two different protein molecules with M(r)s of 53,000 (53-kDa protein) and 77,000 (77-kDa protein). These proteins showed no guanylate cyclase activity. The 70-kDa protein was labeled most with 125I-ANB-STh[5-19], suggesting that STR-200A is the main receptor protein in the rat intestinal cell membrane. The carbohydrate moieties of STR-200A and STR-200B were examined by enzymatic deglycosylation. The 70-kDa protein of STR-200A was found to contain N-linked high-mannose-type and/or hybrid-type oligosaccharides, and results suggested that it possesses at least three N glycosylation sites. The 53-kDa protein of STR-200B was found to have an N-linked complex-type oligosaccharide side chain. The deglycosylated 70-kDa protein retained activity for binding to STh, suggesting that the carbohydrate moieties of these receptor proteins are not important for binding with STh.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirayama
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wada
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Iwata
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takasaki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimonishi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takeda
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000378:metabolism*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000032:analysis*; D006031:Glycosylation; D006162:Guanylate Cyclase; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008871:Microvilli / Q000378:metabolism; D008970:Molecular Weight; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000032:analysis*; D000074261:Receptors, Enterotoxin; D050705:Receptors, Guanylate Cyclase-Coupled; D018000:Receptors, Peptide
chemical_list: D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D004768:Enterotoxins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D006023:Glycoproteins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D018000:Receptors, Peptide; C034151:heat stable toxin (E coli); D006162:Guanylate Cyclase; D000074261:Receptors, Enterotoxin; D050705:Receptors, Guanylate Cyclase-Coupled