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  • Title: Identification and synthetic pathway of sialyl-Lewis(x)-containing neolacto-series gangliosides in lens tissues. 2. Enzymatic synthesis of sialyl-Lewis(x) gangliosides in monkey and rat lenses.
    Author: Ogiso M, Komoto M, Hoshi M.
    Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta; 1996 Jan 17; 1315(1):29-36. PubMed ID: 8611643.
    Abstract:
    In Japanese monkey lenses, 3H-labeled fucose and N-acetylneuraminic acid were enzymatically transferred to neolactotetraosylceramide (nLc4) and III 3 FucnLc4, respectively, suggesting the presence of a synthetic pathway of IV3 NeuAcIII3 FucnLc4 via III3 FucnLc4 in monkey lenses. Six rat strains, Wistar, Sprague-Dawley and pigmented strains, contained sialyl-Lewis(x) gangliosides in non-cataractous lenses in a strain-specific manner. Glycosyltransferase assay revealed that the transfer of 3H-labeled fucose to nLc4 occurred in all the strains, but that the transfer of 3H-labeled N-acetylneuraminic acid to III3 FucnLc4 was strain-specific. These results suggested that sialyl-Lewis(x) gangliosides were generally synthesized from neolactotetraosylceramide via Lewis(x) glycolipid (III3 FucnLc4) in lens tissues, differing from other tissues. Combining our results, we propose two synthetic pathways of sialyl-Le(x)- containing neolacto-series gangliosides and A-pathway ganglio-series gangliosides in human senile cataractous lens: one to sialyl-Lewis(x) gangliosides from nLc4 via Lewis(x) glycolipid, and the other to GD1a from GM3, via GM2 and GM1.
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