title: Enhanced sialylation of the K 562 cell surface membrane glycoconjugates induced by adriamycin.
abstract: The antitumor agent Adriamycin (ADM) increases the sialic acid content of K 562 cell plasma membrane glycoconjugates. Total and neuraminidase-sensitive sialic acid are enhanced 3 to 4 times when expressed per 10(6) cells. This fact is a consequence of an increase in cell surface and in plasma membrane sialic acid density. Protein-bound and lipid-bound sialic acid are increased in the same way and exhibit the same ratio 90/10. After external radiolabelling by periodide-borotritide and neuraminidase-galactose oxidase-borotritide treatment, only some quantitative changes can be observed. Fractionation of gangliosides by thin layer chromatography gives the same results. Further experiments lead to the following conclusions: the hypersialylation cannot be explained by a G2-block in the cell cycle induced by ADM; it is not a consequence of a differentiation process; it is not observed in a population of adriamycin-resistant K 562 cells and can therefore be considered as a metabolic event linked to the cytotoxic activity of ADM.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Trentesaux
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Laplace
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Madoulet
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rebel
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Jardillier
mesh_terms: D002453:Cell Cycle; D002460:Cell Line; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005732:Gangliosides / Q000378:metabolism; D006017:Glycolipids / Q000378:metabolism*; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006031:Glycosylation; D006801:Humans; D004915:Leukemia, Erythroblastic, Acute; D008563:Membrane Lipids / Q000378:metabolism; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008970:Molecular Weight; D012794:Sialic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005732:Gangliosides; D006017:Glycolipids; D006023:Glycoproteins; D008563:Membrane Lipids; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D012794:Sialic Acids; D004317:Doxorubicin