title: Binding specificities of heat-labile enterotoxins isolated from porcine and human enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli for different gangliosides.
abstract: The binding specificities of heat-labile enterotoxins (LTp and LTh) isolated from porcine and human enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli on human erythrocytes were studied by competitive binding assays using different gangliosides as inhibitors. The binding of 125I-labeled LTp to neuraminidase-treated human type A erythrocytes was most effectively inhibited by ganglioside GM1. Ganglioside GM1 was 11 and 105 times more potent than gangliosides GD1b and GM2, respectively. Gangliosides GD1a, GT1b, and GM3 were much less potent. Similar results were also obtained in competitive binding assays with the 125I-labeled B subunit of LTh and neuraminidase-treated human type B erythrocytes, and in those with 3H-labeled ganglioside GM1 and LTp-coupled Sepharose 4B. The binding of 3H-labeled ganglioside GM1 to LTp was not effectively inhibited by galactose-beta(1----3)N-acetyl-D-galactosamine at the highest concentration used. These findings suggest that the combining sites of LTp and LTh may be specific for at least the galactose-N-acetyl-D-galactosamine-galactose (N-acetyl-neuraminic acid) portion of ganglioside GM1.
authors.affiliation: Department of Serology and Immunology, School of Medical Technology, Kitasato University, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sugii
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsuji
mesh_terms: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D000818:Animals; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000378:metabolism*; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D005677:G(M1) Ganglioside / Q000378:metabolism; D005732:Gangliosides / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D009439:Neuraminidase / Q000494:pharmacology; D011485:Protein Binding; D013045:Species Specificity; D013552:Swine / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D004768:Enterotoxins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D005732:Gangliosides; D005677:G(M1) Ganglioside; C027538:heat-labile enterotoxin, E coli; D009439:Neuraminidase