title: Effects of inhibition of N-linked glycosylation by tunicamycin on nucleoside transport polypeptides of L1210 leukemia cells.
abstract: Membrane polypeptides (relative mass (Mr) 48,000--55,000) associated with the equilibrative transport of nucleosides were identified in cultured murine leukemia (L1210/C2) cells by site-specific photolabeling with [3H]nitrobenzylthioinosine ([3H]NBMPR). Growth of cells in the presence of tunicamycin resulted in the gradual conversion of 3H-labeled polypeptides to a form that migrated more rapidly (Mr 42,000--47,000) during sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)--polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. When plasma membrane fractions were photolabeled and incubated with O-glycanase or endoglycosidase F, the [3H]NBMPR-labeled polypeptides migrated in SDS-polyacrylamide gels with the same mobility as native NBMPR-binding polypeptides, whereas incubation with either N-glycanase or trifluoromethane sulfonic acid converted [3H]NBMPR-labeled polypeptides to the more rapidly migrating form (Mr 41,000--48,000). These observations are consistent with the presence of N-linked oligosaccharides of the complex type on the NBMPR-binding polypeptides of L1210/C2 cells. Tunicamycin exposures that reduced incorporation of [3H]mannose into plasma membrane fractions by greater than 95% had little, if any, effect on either the affinity (Kd values, 0.1-0.2 nM) or abundance (Bmax values, 200,000--220,000 sites/cell) of NBMPR-binding sites, whereas uridine transport kinetics at 37 degrees C were altered in a complex way. Thus, although N-linked glycosylation is not required for insertion of the NBMPR-binding protein into the plasma membrane or for interaction of NBMPR with the high-affinity binding sites, it is important for function of at least one of the three nucleoside transporters expressed by L1210/C2 cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Hogue
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Hodgson
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Cass
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006031:Glycosylation; D007939:Leukemia L1210 / Q000378:metabolism*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D033703:Nucleoside Transport Proteins; D009705:Nucleosides / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding / Q000187:drug effects; D013868:Thioinosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014415:Tunicamycin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014529:Uridine / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D033703:Nucleoside Transport Proteins; D009705:Nucleosides; D014415:Tunicamycin; D013868:Thioinosine; C001789:4-nitrobenzylthioinosine; D014529:Uridine