title: Structural assessment of the N-linked oligosaccharides of cell-CAM 105 by lectin-agarose affinity chromatography.
abstract: The N-linked oligosaccharides of cell-CAM 105, a glycoprotein involved in the intercellular adhesion between rat hepatocytes, were studied by sequential lectin-agarose affinity chromatography of desialylated, [14C]-labelled glycopeptides. These glycopeptides were obtained by extensive pronase digestion followed by N-[14C]acetylation of the peptide moieties and desialylation by mild acid hydrolysis. Assuming that all glycopeptides were radiolabelled to the same specific radioactivity, Concanavalin A-Sepharose chromatography indicated that the majority of the glycans (84%) were of the complex-type of which approximately half were bi-antennary structures. The remainder of the glycans comprised oligomannose-type structures and/or incomplete bi-antennary structures. Pisum sativum lectin-agarose chromatography revealed that part of the bi-antennary glycans contained a fucose residue alpha(1-6)-linked to the N-acetylglucosamine which is attached to asparagine. Furthermore, the presence of tri-, and tetra- and/or tri'-antennary complex-type glycans was demonstrated by chromatography on immobilized Phaseolus vulgaris leukoagglutinating phytohemagglutinin and Aleuria aurantia lectin (AAL). AAL-agarose chromatography furthermore indicated the presence of alpha(1-3)-linked fucose in part of these glycopeptides, whereas no alpha(1-6)-linked fucose could be detected in these structures. The degree of beta-galactosylation of the complex-type glycans was investigated by chromatography on Ricinus communis agglutinin-agarose. The results indicated that only part of the bi-antennary glycans were completely beta-galactosylated. Similarly, at least three beta-galactose residues were present in only a part of the tri-, and tetra- and/or tri'-antennary glycans.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Bierhuizen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hansson
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Odin
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Debray
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Obrink
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: van Dijk
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; D000818:Animals; D015703:Antigens, CD; D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000737:chemistry; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D006020:Glycopeptides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D037102:Lectins; D008099:Liver / Q000737:chemistry*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; C069847:CD66 antigens; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D006020:Glycopeptides; D037102:Lectins; D009844:Oligosaccharides; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases