title: Three rhamnose-binding lectins from Osmerus eperlanus mordax (olive rainbow smelt) roe.
abstract: Three rhamnose-binding lectins were purified from the roe of Osmerus eperlanus mordax (olive rainbow smelt) by affinity chromatography and ion-exchange chromatography. The apparent molecular weights of Osmerus eperlanus mordax lectin (OML) -1, -2 and -3 were 25000, 32000 and 26000, respectively, on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) under reducing conditions. On native PAGE, these three lectins showed different migration patterns (Rm value; 0.37, 0.53 and 0.66, respectively). OMLs agglutinated rabbit and human type B erythrocytes and sarcoma 180 cells, but not human type A and O erythrocytes and AH109A cells. The most effective monosaccharide inhibitor was L-rhamnose. L-Mannose and D-galactose were also good inhibitors. Furthermore, OML-induced hemagglutination was inhibited more strongly by melibiose or raffinose rather than lactose or lactulose. Therefore, OMLs are L-rhamnose/alpha-D-galactosyl type lectins. OMLs did not require a detergent, when extracted from crude material, and Ca2+, Mg2+, EDTA and dithiothreitol were not necessary for the OML-induced hemagglutination activities. The OMLs had similar N-terminal amino acid sequences.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Research Institute, Tohoku College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hosono
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawauchi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nitta
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takayanagi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shiokawa
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mineki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Murayama
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000737:chemistry; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005399:Fishes / Q000378:metabolism*; D006385:Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests; D006868:Hydrolysis; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D037102:Lectins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010063:Ovum / Q000737:chemistry*; D011817:Rabbits; D012210:Rhamnose / Q000378:metabolism*; D012510:Sarcoma 180 / Q000378:metabolism; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D002241:Carbohydrates; D037102:Lectins; D012210:Rhamnose