title: On the minor gangliosides of erythrocyte membranes of Japanese cats.
abstract: Seven ganglioside species were isolated and purified from erythrocyte membranes of Japanese cats by DEAE-Sephadex and Iatrobeads column chromatographies. The structures of these gangliosides were determined as Gmi(NeuGc), Gm3(NeuAc), GM3(NeuGc), GD3(NeuGc), GD3(NeuGc comes from NeuAc), GT3(NeuGc), and another GM3 containing a sialic acid of unidentified nature. The occurrence of GT3 suggested the probable presence of a biosynthetic pathway of GM3 leads to GD3 leads to GT3 in erythropoietic cells of Japanese cats. The presence of GD3 having one penultimate N-glycolylneuraminic acid and one terminal N-acetylneuraminic acid, GD3(NeuGc comes from NeuAc) would indicate that this GD3 acts as an intermediate in a possible pathway from GM3(NeuGc) to GD3(NeuGc). Thin layer chromatographic patterns of total erythrocyte membrane gangliosides were compared among Japanese cats (n = 3), lions (n = 3), a serval and a racoon dog. The three species of felid showed similar patterns to each other and contained N-glycolylneuraminic acid as the major sialic acid. On the other hand, erythrocytes of racoon dog, a member of canidae, contained neither GD3 nor GT3, but only GM3.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000032:analysis; D002415:Cats / Q000097:blood*; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D004910:Erythrocyte Membrane / Q000032:analysis*; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000032:analysis*; D005732:Gangliosides / Q000097:blood*; D008563:Membrane Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D009439:Neuraminidase; D012794:Sialic Acids / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D002241:Carbohydrates; D005732:Gangliosides; D008563:Membrane Lipids; D012794:Sialic Acids; D009439:Neuraminidase