title: Fucosylated glycosphingolipids of human myeloid cells.
abstract: Our efforts to determine the carbohydrate binding specificity of two myeloid-specific monoclonal antibodies (VIM-1 and VIM-10) resulted in the purification of three fucosylated glycosphingolipids from human chronic myelogenous leukemia cells. After repeated high-performance liquid chromatographic separations, two forms of fucosylated glycosphingolipids were resolved. VIM-1 and VIM-10 were found to bind to the heptaosylceramide Gal beta 1-4 (Fuc alpha 1-3)GlcNAc beta 1-3Gal beta 1-4GlcNAc beta 1-3Gal beta 1-4Glc beta 1-1Cer with the Le(x) (Lewis X) epitope, but not to either the hexaosylceramide Fuc alpha 1-2Gal beta 1-4(Fuc alpha 1-3)GlcNAc beta 1-3Gal beta 1-4Glc beta 1-1-Cer or the octaosylceramide Fuc alpha 1-2Gal beta 1-4(Fuc alpha 1-3)GlcNAc beta 1-3Gal beta 1-4GlcNAc beta 1-3Gal beta 1-4Glc beta 1-1Cer, each with the Le(y) (Lewis Y) epitope. The latter two glycosphingolipids are the first Le(y) antigens to be purified from human leukocytes and structurally characterized. Binding studies with a range of glycosphingolipids from myeloid cells and other biological sources demonstrated that VIM-1 and VIM-10 bind to Le(x) glycosphingolipids with five or more sugar residues, but not to a glycosphingolipid (III3Fuc-nLc6Cer) with an internal Le(x) trisaccharide.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Francisco State University, California 94132.
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barrios
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Knapp
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Macher
mesh_terms: D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D005643:Fucose / Q000032:analysis*; D006028:Glycosphingolipids / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D015464:Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive; D007983:Lewis Blood Group Antigens / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008745:Methylation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016339:Spectrometry, Mass, Fast Atom Bombardment; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D006028:Glycosphingolipids; D007983:Lewis Blood Group Antigens; D005643:Fucose