title: Characterization of E-PHA-reactive alpha-fetoprotein isoforms by two-dimensional lectin affinity electrophoresis.
abstract: Erythroagglutinating phytohemagglutinin (E-PHA)-dependent isoforms of human alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) from cord blood were analyzed for their carbohydrate structures by two-dimensional electrophoresis with E-PHA combined with extended agarose gel electrophoresis or with affinity electrophoresis with concanavalin A or Allomyrina dichtoma lectin. By means of neuraminidase and/or beta-galactosidase treatment, AFP-P2 was identified as alpha 2-->6 disialo-AFP, AFP-P3 as having biantennary structures with alpha 2-->6 monosialylated galactose of the Mannose (Man) alpha 1-->6 arm, AFP-P4 as having alpha 2-->6 monosialylated galactose of the Man alpha 1-->3 arm, and AFP-P5 as disialo-AFP with alpha 2-->3 sialylated galactose of the Man alpha 1-->6 antenna with the alpha 2-->6 sialylated galactose of the other antenna. Desialylated AFP with the terminal galactose of the Man alpha 1-->6 antenna with or without the galactose of the other arm also had a migration of AFP-P4, and other hydrolytic intermediates without the terminal galactose of the Man alpha 1-->6 arm with and without the galactose of the other antenna had mobilities of AFP-P3s and AFP-P3, respectively. Thus, the present system of two-dimensional lectin affinity electrophoreses would provide a model for the determination of the sugar chain structure of glycoproteins.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Okayama University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Taketa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Taga
mesh_terms: D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D003208:Concanavalin A; D004587:Electrophoresis, Agar Gel; D015180:Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000737:chemistry*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009439:Neuraminidase / Q000494:pharmacology; D010835:Phytohemagglutinins; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D001616:beta-Galactosidase / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D010835:Phytohemagglutinins; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins; C067494:erythroagglutinating phytohemagglutinin; D003208:Concanavalin A; D009439:Neuraminidase; D001616:beta-Galactosidase