title: Sulfated glycolipids are ligands for a lymphocyte homing receptor, L-selectin (LECAM-1), Binding epitope in sulfated sugar chain.
abstract: Specific sugar ligands which bind to rat L-selectin (LECAM-1, lymphocyte homing receptor)-IgG chimera were investigated by thin-layer chromatography-binding assay and ELISA. Rat L-selectin-IgG bound to native sulfated glycolipids such as sulfatide (I3SO3-GalCer), seminolipid, SM3(II3SO3-LacCer), SB2(III3SO3,II3SO3-Gg3Cer), SB1a (IV3SO3,II3SO3-Gg4Cer). The binding activity of the SM2 (II3SO3-Gg3Cer) carrying the internal sulfated Gal was very low, indicating that non-reducing terminal SO3H-3Gal beta 1- structure is essential for the binding. The reactivity of sulfatide was higher than that of sialyl Le(x) [Neu5Ac alpha 2-3Gal beta 1-4(Fuc alpha 1-3)GlcNAc beta 1-3Gal beta 1-4Glc beta 1-Ceramide] either in the presence of 1 mM Ca2+ or 1 mM Ca2+ and 5 mM EGTA. All the non-fucosylated gangliosides including ganglio-series and lacto-series type I and II chains tested gave a negative reaction. Neutral glycosphingolipids tested were all negative. Binding assay using synthetic sulfatide analogs indicated that the L-selectin-binding to its sulfated sugar ligands is position specific and depends on the number of the sulfate group, i.e., (SO3)3-3,4,6Gal- > (SO3)2-3,6Gal- > SO3-3Gal- > SO3-3Glc- > SO3-6Gal- > SO3-2Gal-. Lower reactivity of the chimera to SO3-3Glc-rather than SO3-3Gal- indicates that the chimera recognizes the configuration of hydroxyl group linked to the 4 carbon atom of the pyranose ring in galactose.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Shizuoka School of Pharmaceutical Science, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Toda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tamatani
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: T
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authors.lastname: Suzuki
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authors.lastname: Nakao
authors.forename: K
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authors.lastname: Murase
authors.forename: M
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authors.lastname: Kiso
authors.forename: A
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authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: K
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authors.lastname: Tadano-Aritomi
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D002417:Cattle; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005732:Gangliosides / Q000378:metabolism; D006017:Glycolipids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000235:genetics; D019041:L-Selectin; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D051381:Rats; D016201:Receptors, Lymphocyte Homing / Q000378:metabolism*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013433:Sulfoglycosphingolipids / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D005732:Gangliosides; D006017:Glycolipids; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D016201:Receptors, Lymphocyte Homing; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D013433:Sulfoglycosphingolipids; C009233:seminolipid; C011117:sulfoglycolipids; D019041:L-Selectin