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  • Title: A revised structure for the disialosyl globo-series gangliosides of human erythrocytes and chicken skeletal muscle.
    Author: Levery SB, Salyan ME, Steele SJ, Kannagi R, Dasgupta S, Chien JL, Hogan EL, van Halbeek H, Hakomori S.
    Journal: Arch Biochem Biophys; 1994 Jul; 312(1):125-34. PubMed ID: 8031119.
    Abstract:
    Disialosyl globo-series gangliosides have previously been isolated from chicken skeletal muscle (E. L. Hogan, R. D. Happel, and J.-L. Chien (1982) Adv. Exp. Med. Biol. 152, 273-278; S. Dasgupta, J.-L. Chien, E. L. Hogan, and H. van Halbeek (1991) J. Lipid Res. 32, 499-506) and human erythrocytes (S. K. Kundu, B. E. Samuelsson, I. Pascher, and D. Marcus (1983) J. Biol. Chem. 258, 13857-13866). In both cases, the structure of this ganglioside was proposed to be NeuAc alpha 2-->3(NeuAc alpha 2-->6)Gal beta 1-->3GalNAc beta 1-->3Gal alpha 1-->Gal alpha 1-->4Gal beta 1-->1Cer (V3NeuAcV6NeuAcGb5Cer). We have reinvestigated the human erythrocyte antigen and now propose an alternative structure differing in the location of the NeuAc alpha 2-->6 residue: NeuAc alpha 2-->3Gal beta 1-->3 (NeuAc alpha 2-->6)GalNAc beta 1-->3Gal alpha 1-->4Gal beta 1-->4Glc beta 1-->1 Cer (V3NeuAcIV6NeuAcGb5Cer). This novel structure is supported by results of 1H-NMR spectroscopy, negative ion fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry, and methylation linkage analysis with capillary gas chromatography--mass spectrometry in both electron impact and chemical ionization modes. Furthermore, based on new results from negative ion fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry and linkage analysis, we propose that the chicken skeletal muscle antigen also has this revised structure, differing only in ceramide composition. The terminal tetrasaccharide of these gangliosides is identical to that of GD1 alpha, NeuAc alpha 2-->3Gal beta 1-->3(NeuAc alpha 2-->6)GalNAc beta 1-->4Gal beta 1-->4Glc beta 1-->1 Cer(IV3NeuAcIII6NeuAcGg4Cer), previously identified in a rat ascites hepatoma cell line (T. Taki, Y. Hirabayashi, H. Ishikawa, S. Ando, K. Kon, Y. Tanaka, and M. Matsumoto (1986) J. Biol. Chem. 261, 3075-3078) and a murine lymphoma cell line with low metastatic potential (K. Murayama, S. B. Levery, V. Schirrmacher, and S. Hakomori (1986) Cancer Res. 46, 1395-1402), although they appear to be immunologically distinct.
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