title: Stage-specific expression of fuco-neolacto- (Lewis X) and ganglio-series neutral glycosphingolipids during brain development: characterization of Lewis X and related glycosphingolipids in bovine, human and rat brain.
abstract: We have purified and characterized a bovine brain pentaglycosylceramide as Lewis X and identified it in human and rat brain using anti-Lewis X (anti-SSEA 1) monoclonal antibody. Neutral glycosphingolipid expression in developing rat brain has been examined by digoxigenin immunostaining and TLC-immunostaining using anti-SSEA 1 and anti-GgOse4Cer (GA1) monoclonal antibodies. Five transient Lewis X-series bands were identified in brain at embryonic day 15 that disappear by postnatal day 5 (one disappears at embryonic day 18). Gangliotetraosylceramide (GA1) first appears at embryonic day 21 and increases in concentration with age until postnatal day 21. In addition, we have purified another minor brain neutral glycosphingolipid and tentatively identified it as a Lewis X-series glycolipid by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis followed by TLC-immunostaining with anti-SSEA 1 antibody.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425-2232, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dasgupta
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Hogan
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Spicer
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000196:embryology / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D002417:Cattle; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000378:metabolism; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000378:metabolism; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development; D005732:Gangliosides / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006028:Glycosphingolipids / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D016256:Lewis X Antigen / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009928:Organ Specificity; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D005732:Gangliosides; D006028:Glycosphingolipids; D016256:Lewis X Antigen