title: Effects of sodium butyrate on the membrane glycoconjugates of murine sarcoma virus-transformed rat cells.
abstract: The temporal relationship between butyrate-induced cellular flattening of murine sarcoma virus-transformed rat cells (MSV-NRK) and alterations in certain surface-associated biochemical markers of transformation, e.g., surface glycopeptides, glycolipids, fibronectin, hexose uptake, and cell-substrate adhesion was examined. The induction of elevated levels of the ganglioside GM3 and of a GDla-like ganglioside were observed to precede or to parallel cellular flattening. Likewise, enhanced incorporation of radioisotopically labeled fucose into a novel fucose-containing component, i.e., glucopyranosyl (1 leads to 3) fucopyranosyl-threonine, was also observed to occur at an early stage of cellular flattening. In contrast, a shift in the molecular weight distribution of trypsin-sensitive, surface fucopeptides was observed to occur at a late stage of cellular flattening. Moreover, surface fibronectin was not detectable in the butyrate-flattened MSV-NRK cells despite the fact that the cells manifested significantly enhanced cell-substrate adhesion. Thus, butyrate appears to be a useful tool for understanding the sequential changes associated with expression of the transformed phenotype of MSV-NRK cells.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002087:Butyrates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002460:Cell Line; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; D002472:Cell Transformation, Viral; D005353:Fibronectins / Q000378:metabolism; D005643:Fucose / Q000378:metabolism; D005732:Gangliosides / Q000378:metabolism; D006017:Glycolipids / Q000378:metabolism*; D006020:Glycopeptides / Q000378:metabolism*; D007668:Kidney; D008563:Membrane Lipids / Q000378:metabolism*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D002087:Butyrates; D005353:Fibronectins; D005732:Gangliosides; D006017:Glycolipids; D006020:Glycopeptides; D008563:Membrane Lipids; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D005643:Fucose