title: Comparative study on fucosylation of chicken liver and virus-induced hepatoma Mc-29.
abstract: Comparative studies on fucoprotein metabolism of chicken liver and hepatoma Mc-29 have been carried out and the following parameters were determined: the incorporation rate of [14C]fucose into hepatoma and liver total tissue homogenate, acid-soluble and acid-insoluble fractions, acid-soluble nucleotide fraction and into plasma-membrane acid-precipitable fraction; the activity of microsomal and plasma-membrane fucosyltransferase; the electrophoretic pattern of hepatoma and liver plasma-membrane proteins and the incorporation of [14C]fucose into the glycoprotein fractions in both plasma-membrane preparations. It was found that the labelling of hepatoma tissue homogenate and plasma membranes was higher than that of the same liver preparations 3 hr after the [14C]fucose injection. This finding was supported by a considerably elevated hepatoma fucosyltransferase activity. The labelling rate of numerous fucoproteins from hepatoma plasma membranes was greatly increased and some of the individual glycoprotein bands were labelled to a higher extent compared with liver. The data presented show specific alterations of fucose and fucoprotein metabolism which could be considered as a characteristic feature of chicken viral-induced hepatoma Mc-29.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D002460:Cell Line; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D002645:Chickens; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005643:Fucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D005647:Fucosyltransferases / Q000378:metabolism*; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D006602:Hexosyltransferases / Q000378:metabolism*; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D008114:Liver Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000378:metabolism*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008861:Microsomes / Q000201:enzymology; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D008970:Molecular Weight; D014316:Tritium
chemical_list: D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D006023:Glycoproteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; C016465:fucoproteins; D014316:Tritium; D005643:Fucose; D005647:Fucosyltransferases; D006602:Hexosyltransferases