title: Loss of choleragen receptors and ganglioside upon differentiation of 3T3-L1 preadipocytes.
abstract: 3T3-L1 preadipocytes differentiate in culture into cells having the enzymatic and morphological characteristics of adipocytes. Differentiation is accompanied by a decrease in total cellular ganglioside content; the ganglioside level is 1.8 to 2.5-fold higher in undifferentiated than in differentiated cells. Gangliosides GM3 and GD1a constitute a majority of total cell gangliosides in both cell types, while ganglioside GM1, the putative choleragen receptor, constitutes less than 5%. Differentiation results in a 75 to 85% decrease in ganglioside GM1. An inverse correlation exists between the percentage of adipocytes in the cell population and: 1) total ganglioside and ganglioside GM1 content, and 2) surface ganglioside GM1 as estimated by choleragen binding or fluorescent staining of bound choleragen. Nondifferentiating 3T3-C2 control cells do not exhibit changes in total ganglioside, ganglioside GM1, or choleragen binding that are observed with 3T3-L1 cells.
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002772:Cholera Toxin / Q000378:metabolism*; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D005732:Gangliosides / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D011955:Receptors, Drug / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005732:Gangliosides; D011955:Receptors, Drug; D002772:Cholera Toxin; D000242:Cyclic AMP