title: Characterization of oligomannoside binding to the surface of murine melanoma cells. Potential relationship to oligomannoside-initiated cell spreading.
abstract: The spreading of murine melanoma cells on unglycosylated laminin is initiated by soluble glycosylated laminins containing oligomannosides, or by mannan, and is inhibited by mannose (Chandrasekaran, S., Tanzer, M. L., and Giniger, M. S. (1994) J. Biol. Chem. 269, 3356-3366). In the present study, melanoma cell recognition of oligomannosides was explored by several different methods. Comparison of cell spreading, initiated by related branched oligomannosides, showed that micromolar concentrations of Man6 and Man9 were able to restore cell spreading maximally, whereas Man3 was ineffective. Man9 bound to the melanoma cells in a bimodal manner at micromolar concentrations, reaching saturation, whereas Man3 showed linear binding in the same and higher ranges. Comparison of Man9 binding with Man9-initiated cell spreading demonstrated that maximal spreading occurred at approximately half-saturation. Competition experiments showed that mannose or mannan effectively impaired Man9 binding to the cells, whereas galactose or fucose was ineffective. Mannan-conjugated fluorescent beads bound in a diffuse pattern to the surface of melanoma cells, whereas underivatized beads did not bind. The distribution of laminin-binding beta 1 integrin on the cell surface was compared with surface mannan binding. The beta 1 integrin staining pattern did not match the mannan staining pattern either in attached, nonspread cells or in attached, spread cells. The composite results support a model in which occupancy of both an integrin and a cell surface lectin is required for murine melanoma cells to spread on glycosylated laminin.
authors.affiliation: Department of BioStructure and Function, School of Dental Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington 06030-3705.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chandrasekaran
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Tanzer
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Giniger
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D007700:Kinetics; D008546:Melanoma, Experimental / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D009844:Oligosaccharides; C028569:oligomannoside