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Lovejoy DA, Hewett-Emmett D, Porter CA, Cepoi D, Sheffield A, Vale WW, Tashian RE. Evolutionarily conserved, "acatalytic" carbonic anhydrase-related protein XI contains a sequence motif present in the neuropeptide sauvagine: the human CA-RP XI gene (CA11) is embedded between the secretor gene cluster and the DBP gene at 19q13.3. Genomics 1998; 54:484-93. [PMID: 9878252 DOI: 10.1006/geno.1998.5585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Conserved amino acid motifs are found in numerous expressed genes. Proteins and peptides with functional relationships may be identified using probes designed to hybridize with these motifs. An oligonucleotide probe was prepared to match the sequence of the expected active region of a frog corticotropin-releasing factor-like peptide sauvagine and used to screen a sheep brain cDNA library. A novel 1331-bp cDNA encoding a putative 328-residue protein with a theoretical mass of 36 kDa was identified. The presence of a strong signal sequence indicates that it is a secreted protein. The amino- and carboxy-terminal regions are characterized by several potential phosphorylation sites and binding motifs, suggesting a role in intracellular signal transduction. Although the protein possesses a 7-residue sequence identical to that found in sauvagine, its overall primary structure most closely resembles those of the alpha-carbonic anhydrases (alpha-CAs). Moreover, the detection of the human and mouse orthologues in the EST databases, together with an evolutionary analysis, indicates that the protein represents a new member of the alpha-CA gene family, which we designate carbonic anhydrase-related protein XI (CA-RP XI), encoded by CA11 (human) and Car11 (mouse, rat). The human CA11 gene appears to be located between the secretor type alpha(1,2)-fucosyltransferase gene cluster (FUT1-FUT2-FUT2P) and the D-site binding protein gene (DBP) on chromosome 19q13.3. Despite potentially inactivating changes in the active-site residues, CA-RP XI is evolving very slowly in mammals, a property indicative of an important function, which has also been observed in the two other "acatalytic" CA isoforms, CA-RP VIII and CA-RP X, whose functions are unknown.
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- D A Lovejoy
- The Clayton Foundation Laboratories for Peptide Biology, The Salk Institute, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California, 92037, USA
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DeBose-Boyd RA, Nyame AK, Cummings RD. Molecular cloning and characterization of an alpha1,3 fucosyltransferase, CEFT-1, from Caenorhabditis elegans. Glycobiology 1998; 8:905-17. [PMID: 9675224 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/8.9.905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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We report on the identification, molecular cloning, and characterization of an alpha1,3 fucosyltransferase (alpha1,3FT) expressed by the nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans . Although C. elegans glycoconjugates do not express the Lewis x antigen Galbeta1-->4[Fucalpha1-->3]GlcNAcbeta-->R, detergent extracts of adult C.elegans contain an alpha1,3FT that can fucosylate both nonsialylated and sialylated acceptor glycans to generate the Lexand sialyl Lexantigens, as well as the lacdiNAc-containing acceptor GalNAcbeta1-->4GlcNAcbeta1-->R to generate GalNAcbeta1-->4 [Fucalpha1-->3]GlcNAcbeta1-->R. A search of the C.elegans genome database revealed the existence of a gene with 20-23% overall identity to all five cloned human alpha1,3FTs. The putative cDNA for the C.elegans alpha1,3FT (CEFT-1) was amplified by PCR from a cDNA lambdaZAP library, cloned, and sequenced. COS7 cells transiently transfected with cDNA encoding CEFT-1 express the Lex, but not sLexantigen. The CEFT-1 in the transfected cell extracts can synthesize Lex, but not sialyl Lex, using exogenous acceptors. A second fucosyltransferase activity was detected in extracts of C. elegans that transfers Fuc in alpha1,2 linkage to Gal specifically on type-1 chains. The discovery of alpha-fucosyltransferases in C. elegans opens the possibility of using this well-characterized nematode as a model system for studying the role of fucosylated glycans in the development and survival of C.elegans and possibly other helminths.
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- R A DeBose-Boyd
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, BRC 417, 975 N.E. 10th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA
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Fernandez-Mateos P, Cailleau A, Henry S, Costache M, Elmgren A, Svensson L, Larson G, Samuelsson BE, Oriol R, Mollicone R. Point Mutations and Deletion Responsible for the Bombay H null and the Reunion H weak Blood Groups. Vox Sang 1998. [DOI: 10.1046/j.1423-0410.1998.7510037.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Ikehara Y, Nishihara S, Kudo T, Hiraga T, Morozumi K, Hattori T, Narimatsu H. The aberrant expression of Lewis a antigen in intestinal metaplastic cells of gastric mucosa is caused by augmentation of Lewis enzyme expression. Glycoconj J 1998; 15:799-807. [PMID: 9870356 DOI: 10.1023/a:1006964016344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Immunohistochemical staining showed an aberrant expression of Le(a) antigen in the intestinal metaplastic glands of the gastric mucosa of secretors, as reported by others. In this study, we have demonstrated for the first time that the Lewis enzyme is well colocalized with Le(a) antigen, indicating that the Lewis enzyme is responsible for Le(a) antigen synthesis in the gastric mucosa. The staining intensity of the Lewis enzyme was much stronger in the cells with intestinal metaplasia than the cells without metaplasia, regardless of the secretor status. The amount of transcript of the Lewis gene was related to the degree of metaplasia; i.e., the more severe the metaplastic change was, the more abundantly the transcripts of the Lewis gene were expressed. This augmentation of the Lewis enzyme in metaplastic tissues was also confirmed by Western blotting analysis using a specific antibody against the Lewis enzyme. We conclude that intestinal metaplastic change of gastric mucosa is usually accompanied by a marked augmentation of the Lewis enzyme expression, which results in the enhanced expression of Le(a) antigens, particularly in secretors.
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- Y Ikehara
- Division of Cell Biology, Institute of Life Science, Soka University, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
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Sherwood AL, Holmes EH. Cloning and expression of the catalytic domain from rat hepatoma H35 cell GDP-fucose:GM1 alpha 1-->2fucosyltransferase, an enzyme which is activated during early stages of chemical carcinogenesis in rat liver. Arch Biochem Biophys 1998; 355:215-21. [PMID: 9675030 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.1998.0728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A ganglioside GM1-specific alpha 1-->2fucosyltransferase is induced during the early stages of chemical carcinogenesis with N-2-acetylaminofluorene (AAF) in rat liver hepatocytes. The induction of this enzyme gives rise to the expression of a fucose-containing ganglioside with the same determinant structure as blood group B on a GM1 ganglioside core. Fucoganglioside synthesis is not found in normal rat liver but is elevated in premalignant liver and is often highly expressed in derived rat hepatoma cell lines. Based upon the consensus sequence from portions of previously cloned human, rabbit, and rat alpha 1-->2fucosyltransferase enzymes, primers were designed which were used in RT-PCR experiments with rat hepatoma H35 cell total RNA to generate cDNAs encoding the extracellular, catalytic domain of the H35 cell alpha 1-->2fucosyltransferase. Sequencing of these PCR fragments showed them to encode a novel enzyme with high homology to other cloned enzymes, particularly secretor alpha 1-->2fucosyltransferases. The derived sequence indicated that the 3' portion of the gene was virtually identical to the alpha 1-->2fucosyltransferase B (FTB) fragment reported earlier in rat PROb colon-adenocarcinoma cells (J-P. Piau et al. Biochem. J. 300, 623-626, 1994). A PCR product corresponding to the H35 cell alpha 1-->2fucosyltransferase was obtained from total RNA isolated from F344 rat liver after 0.03% N-2-acetylaminofluorene administration. No PCR product was obtained from total RNA isolated from normal F344 liver using PCR primers for the H35 cell alpha 1-->2fucosyltransferase. The H35 cell alpha 1-->2fucosyltransferase was expressed in the pPROTA vector and the derived fusion protein demonstrated the ability to transfer fucose to ganglioside GM1 but not to the neolacto-series acceptor nLcOse4Cer.
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- A L Sherwood
- Department of Cell Surface Biochemistry, Northwest Hospital, Pacific Northwest Cancer Foundation, 120 Northgate Plaza, Suite 218, Seattle, Washington, 98125, USA
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Ohyama C, Smith PL, Angata K, Fukuda MN, Lowe JB, Fukuda M. Molecular cloning and expression of GDP-D-mannose-4,6-dehydratase, a key enzyme for fucose metabolism defective in Lec13 cells. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:14582-7. [PMID: 9603974 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.23.14582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Subsets of mammalian cell surface oligosaccharides contain specific fucosylated moieties expressed in lineage- and/or temporal-specific patterns. The functional significance of these fucosylated structures is incompletely defined, although there is evidence that subsets of them, represented by the sialyl Lex determinant, are important participants in leukocyte adhesion and trafficking processes. Genetic deletion of these fucosylated structures in the mouse has been a powerful tool to address functional questions about fucosylated glycans. However, successful use of such approaches can be problematic, given the substantial redundancy in the mammalian alpha-1,3-fucosyltransferase and alpha-1,2-fucosyltransferase gene families. To circumvent this problem, we have chosen to clone the genetic locus encoding a mammalian GDP-D-mannose-4,6-dehydratase (GMD). This enzyme generates GDP-mannose-4-keto-6-D-deoxymannose from GDP-mannose, which is then converted by the FX protein (GDP-4-keto-6-D-deoxymannose epimerase/GDP-4-keto-6-L-galactose reductase) to GDP-L-fucose. GMD is thus imperative for the synthesis of all fucosylated oligosaccharides. An expression cloning approach and the GMD-deficient CHO host cell line Lec13 were used to generate a population of cDNA molecules enriched in GMD cDNAs. This enriched plasmid population was then screened using a human expressed sequence tag (EST AA065072) with sequence similarity to an Arabidopsis thaliana GMD cDNA. This approach, together with 5'-rapid amplification of cDNA ends, yielded a human cDNA that complements the fucosylation defect in the Lec13 cell line. Northern blot analyses indicate that the GMD transcript is absent in Lec13 cells, confirming the genetic deficiency of this locus in these cells. By contrast, the transcript encoding the FX protein, which forms GDP-L-fucose from the ketosugar intermediate produced by GMD, is present in increased amounts in the Lec13 cells. These results suggest that metabolites generated in this pathway may participate in the transcriptional regulation of the FX protein and possibly the GMD protein. The results also suggest that the genomic structure encoding GMD in Lec13 cells likely has a defect different from a point mutation in the coding region.
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- C Ohyama
- Glycobiology Program, La Jolla Cancer Research Center, The Burnham Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Mas E, Pasqualini E, Caillol N, El Battari A, Crotte C, Lombardo D, Sadoulet MO. Fucosyltransferase activities in human pancreatic tissue: comparative study between cancer tissues and established tumoral cell lines. Glycobiology 1998; 8:605-13. [PMID: 9592127 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/8.6.605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Human pancreatic cancer is characterized by an alteration in fucose-containing surface blood group antigens such as H antigen, Lewis b, Lewis y, and sialyl-Lewis. These carbohydrate determinants can be synthesized by sequential action of alpha(2,3) sialyltransferases or alpha(1,2) fucosyltransferases (Fuc-T) and alpha(1,3/1,4) fucosyltransferases on (poly)N-acetyllactosamine chains. Therefore, the expression and the function of seven fucosyltransferases were investigated in normal and cancer pancreatic tissues and in four pancreatic carcinoma cell lines. Transcripts of FUT1, FUT2, FUT3, FUT4, FUT5, and FUT7 were detected by RT-PCR in carcinoma cell lines as well as in normal and tumoral tissues. Interestingly, the FUT6 message was only detected in tumoral tissues. Analysis of the acceptor substrate specificity for fucosyltransferases indicated that alpha(1,2) Fuc-T, alpha(1,3) Fuc-T, and alpha(1,4) Fuc-T were expressed in microsome preparations of all tissues as demonstrated by fucose incorporation into phenyl beta-d-galactoside, 2'-fucosyllactose, N-acetyllactosamine, 3'-sialyl-N-acetyllactosamine, and lacto-N-biose. However, these fucosyltransferase activities varied between tissues. A substantial decrease of alpha(1,2) Fuc-T activity was observed in tumoral tissues and cell lines compared to normal tissues. Conversely, the activity of alpha(1,4) Fuc-T, which generates Lewis a and sialyl-Lewis a structures, and that of alpha(1,3) Fuc-T, able to generate a lactodifucotetraose structure, were very important in SOJ-6 and BxPC-3 cell lines. These increases correlated with an enhanced expression of Lewis a, sialyl-Lewis a, and Lewis y on the cell surface. The activity of alpha(1,3) Fuc-T, which participates in the synthesis of the sialyl-Lewis x structure, was not significantly modified in cell lines compared to normal tissues. However, the sialyl-Lewis x antigen was expressed preferentially on the surface of SOJ-6 and BxPC-3 cell lines but was not detected on Panc-1 and MiaPaca-2 cell lines suggesting that several alpha(1,3) Fuc-T might be involved in sialyl-Lewis x synthesis.
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- E Mas
- INSERM-U. 260, Unité de Recherche de Physiopathologie des Régulations Hormono-Nutritionnelles, Faculté de Médecine, 27 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille-Cedex 5, France
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Hokke CH, Neeleman AP, Koeleman CA, van den Eijnden DH. Identification of an alpha3-fucosyltransferase and a novel alpha2-fucosyltransferase activity in cercariae of the schistosome Trichobilharzia ocellata: biosynthesis of the Fucalpha1-->2Fucalpha1-->3[Gal(NAc)beta1-->4]GlcNAc sequence. Glycobiology 1998; 8:393-406. [PMID: 9499387 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/8.4.393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Fucose is a major constituent of the protein- and lipid-linked glycans of the various life-cycle stages of schistosomes. These fucosylated glycans are highly antigenic and seem to play a role in the pathology of schistosomiasis. In this article we describe the identification and characterization of two fucosyltransferases (FucTs) in cercariae of the avian schistosome Trichobilharzia ocellata, a GDP-Fuc:[Galbeta1-->4]GlcNAcbeta-R alpha1-->3-FucT and a novel GDP-Fuc:Fucalpha-R alpha1-->2-FucT. Triton X-100 extracts of cercariae were assayed for FucT activity using a variety of acceptor substrates. Type 1 chain (Galbeta1-->3GlcNAc) based compounds were poor acceptors, whereas those based on a type 2 chain (Galbeta1-->4GlcNAc), whether alpha2'-fucosylated, alpha3'-sialylated, or unsubstituted, and whether present as oligosaccharide or contained in a glycopeptide or glycoprotein, all served as acceptor substrates. In this respect the schistosomal alpha3-FucT resembles human FucT V and VI rather than other known FucTs. N-ethylmaleimide, an inhibitor of several human FucTs, had no effect on the activity of the schistosomal alpha3-FucT, whereas GDP-beta-S was strongly inhibitory. Large scale incubations were carried out with Galbeta1-->4GlcNAc, GalNAcbeta1-->4GlcNAcbeta-O -(CH2)8COOCH3 and Fucalpha1-->3GlcNAcbeta1-->2Man as acceptor substrates and the products of the incubations were isolated using a sequence of chromatographic techniques. By methylation analysis and 2D-TOCSY and ROESY1H-NMR spectroscopy the products formed were shown to be Galbeta1-->4[Fucalpha1-->2Fucalpha1-->3]GlcNAc, GalNAcbeta1-->4[Fucalpha1-->2Fucalpha1-->3]GlcNAcbe ta-O-(CH2)8COOCH3, and Fucalpha1-->2Fucalpha1-->3GlcNAcbeta1-->2Man, respectively. It is concluded that the alpha2-FucT and alpha3-FucT are involved in the biosynthesis of the (oligomeric) Lewisx sequences and the Fucalpha1-->2Fucalpha1-->3GlcNAc structural element that have been described on schistosomal glycoconjugates.
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- C H Hokke
- Department of Medical Chemistry Vrije Universiteit, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Vestergaard EM, Wolf H, Ørntoft TF. Increased concentrations of genotype-interpreted Ca 19-9 in urine of bladder cancer patients mark diffuse atypia of the urothelium. Clin Chem 1998. [DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/44.2.197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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AbstractWe investigated the use of genotype-interpreted measurements of the tumor marker Ca 19-9 in the urine of bladder cancer patients as a marker of the extent of urothelial disease. Ca 19-9 in urine (sialyl-Lea/creatinine ratio) was measured in 81 bladder cancer patients and correlated to T-category, histologic grade, and presence of urothelial dysplasia. As reference group, Ca 19-9 ratio was measured in urine from 21 apparently healthy individuals. The amount of sialyl-Lea expressed is influenced by the Lewis genotype and secretor status. Accordingly, secretor status was determined in urine by a novel ELISA method, and the Lewis genotypes of all of the individuals were determined by PCR cleavage methods. Ca 19-9 concentrations in urine were higher (P <0.01) in bladder cancer patients than in healthy individuals and significantly (P =0.02) higher in cancer patients with concomitant urothelial dysplasia than in those with normal urothelium. For individuals Lewis-genotyped as homozygous wild-type, Ca 19-9 concentrations in urine were higher, both in cancer patients (P = 0.06) and in healthy individuals (P = 0.004), than in the heterozygous individuals. Furthermore, nonsecretor cancer patients had higher (P <0.01) Ca 19-9 concentrations in urine. Attention is drawn to the possibility of a general genotype interpretation of a result in clinical chemistry.
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- Else Marie Vestergaard
- Departments of Clinical Biochemistry and
- Urology, Skejby University Hospital, DK 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark
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- Urology, Skejby University Hospital, DK 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark
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Breton C, Oriol R, Imberty A. Conserved structural features in eukaryotic and prokaryotic fucosyltransferases. Glycobiology 1998; 8:87-94. [PMID: 9451017 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/8.1.87] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Fucosyltransferases are the enzymes transferring fucose from GDP-Fuc to Gal in an alpha1,2-linkage and to GlcNAc in alpha1,3-, alpha1,4-, or alpha1,6-linkages. Since all fucosyltransferases utilize the same nucleotide sugar, their specificity will probably reside in the recognition of the acceptor and in the type of linkage formed. A search of nucleotide and protein databases yielded more than 30 sequences of fucosyltransferases originating from mammals, chicken, nematode, and bacteria. On the basis of protein sequence similarities, these enzymes can be classified into four distinct families: (1) the alpha-2-fucosyltransferases, (2) the alpha-3-fucosyltransferases, (3) the mammalian alpha-6-fucosyltransferases, and (4) the bacterial alpha-6-fucosyltransferases. Nevertheless, using the sensitive hydrophobic cluster analysis (HCA) method, conserved structural features as well as a consensus peptide motif have been clearly identified in the catalytic domains of all alpha-2 and alpha-6-fucosyltranferases, from prokaryotic and eukaryotic origin, that allowed the grouping of these enzymes into one superfamily. In addition, a few amino acids were found strictly conserved in this family, and two of these residues have been reported to be essential for enzyme activity for a human alpha-2-fucosyltransferase. The alpha-3-fucosyltransferases constitute a distinct family as they lack the consensus peptide, but some regions display similarities with the alpha-2 and alpha-6-fucosyltranferases. All these observations strongly suggest that the fucosyltransferases share some common structural and catalytic features.
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- C Breton
- CERMAV-CNRS (affiliated to the University Joseph Fourier), BP 53, F-38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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Bellamy R, Ruwende C, Corrah T, McAdam KP, Whittle HC, Hill AV. Assessment of the interleukin 1 gene cluster and other candidate gene polymorphisms in host susceptibility to tuberculosis. TUBERCLE AND LUNG DISEASE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE 1998; 79:83-9. [PMID: 10645445 DOI: 10.1054/tuld.1998.0009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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SETTING A study of tuberculosis cases and healthy blood donor controls from the Western Region of The Gambia, West Africa. OBJECTIVE To investigate the potential role of candidate gene polymorphisms in host susceptibility to tuberculosis. DESIGN Single base change polymorphisms in interleukin 1 beta (IL1 beta), interleukin 10 (IL10) and fucosyltransferase-2 (FUT-2), microsatellite polymorphisms in interleukin 1 alpha (IL1 alpha) and IL10 and a minisatellite polymorphism in interleukin 1 receptor antagonist (IL1RA) were typed in over 400 tuberculosis cases and 400 healthy blood donor controls. RESULTS IL1 gene cluster polymorphisms (IL1RA and possibly IL1 alpha) showed marginally significant association with tuberculosis. In particular IL1RA allele 2 heterozygotes were less frequent among tuberculosis cases than controls (P = 0.03). IL1 beta, IL10 and FUT-2 polymorphisms were not associated with tuberculosis. CONCLUSION Genetic susceptibility to tuberculosis among Gambians may be partly determined by genes in the IL1 gene cluster on chromosome 2. Further association studies will be required on other population groups to confirm whether these results are of biological significance.
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- R Bellamy
- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford University, UK.
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Almeida R, Amado M, David L, Levery SB, Holmes EH, Merkx G, van Kessel AG, Rygaard E, Hassan H, Bennett E, Clausen H. A family of human beta4-galactosyltransferases. Cloning and expression of two novel UDP-galactose:beta-n-acetylglucosamine beta1, 4-galactosyltransferases, beta4Gal-T2 and beta4Gal-T3. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:31979-91. [PMID: 9405390 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.51.31979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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BLAST analysis of expressed sequence tags (ESTs) using the coding sequence of the human UDP-galactose:beta-N-acetylglucosamine beta1, 4-galactosyltransferase, designated beta4Gal-T1, revealed a large number of ESTs with identical as well as similar sequences. ESTs with sequences similar to that of beta4Gal-T1 could be grouped into at least two non-identical sequence sets. Analysis of the predicted amino acid sequence of the novel ESTs with beta4Gal-T1 revealed conservation of short sequence motifs as well as cysteine residues previously shown to be important for the function of beta4Gal-T1. The likelihood that the identified ESTs represented novel galactosyltransferase genes was tested by cloning and sequencing of the full coding region of two distinct genes, followed by expression. Expression of soluble secreted constructs in the baculovirus system showed that these genes represented genuine UDP-galactose:beta-N-acetylglucosamine beta1, 4-galactosyltransferases, thus designated beta4Gal-T2 and beta4Gal-T3. Genomic cloning of the genes revealed that they have identical genomic organizations compared with beta4Gal-T1. The two novel genes were located on 1p32-33 and 1q23. The results demonstrate the existence of a family of homologous galactosyltransferases with related functions. The existence of multiple beta4-galactosyltransferases with the same or overlapping functions may be relevant for interpretation of biological functions previously assigned to beta4Gal-T1.
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- R Almeida
- School of Dentistry, University of Copenhagen, Norre Allé 20, DK-2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark
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Costache M, Apoil PA, Cailleau A, Elmgren A, Larson G, Henry S, Blancher A, Iordachescu D, Oriol R, Mollicone R. Evolution of fucosyltransferase genes in vertebrates. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:29721-8. [PMID: 9368041 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.47.29721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Cloning and expression of chimpanzee FUT3, FUT5, and FUT6 genes confirmed the hypothesis that the gene duplications at the origin of the present human cluster of genes occurred between: (i) the great mammalian radiation 80 million years ago and (ii) the separation of man and chimpanzee 10 million years ago. The phylogeny of fucosyltransferase genes was completed by the addition of the FUT8 family of alpha(1,6)fucosyltransferase genes, which are the oldest genes of the fucosyltransferase family. By analysis of data banks, a new FUT8 alternative splice expressed in human retina was identified, which allowed mapping the human FUT8 gene to 14q23. The results suggest that the fucosyltransferase genes have evolved by successive duplications, followed by translocations, and divergent evolution from a single ancestral gene.
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- M Costache
- INSERM U178, Université de Paris Sud (XI), 94807 Villejuif Cedex, France
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Procter J, Crawford J, Bunce M, Welsh KI. A rapid molecular method (polymerase chain reaction with sequence-specific primers) to genotype for ABO blood group and secretor status and its potential for organ transplants. TISSUE ANTIGENS 1997; 50:475-83. [PMID: 9389321 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1997.tb02902.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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We hypothesize that kidneys from non-secretor blood group A2 donors may be used for transplant into non-A recipients. In addition, we believe that organs from A2 donors may be used in non-A recipients where the anti-A titer is low. In order to reliably identify non-secretor A2 kidneys from cadaver donors, we have developed a rapid molecular method. The PCR-SSP-based method was developed to genotype ABO blood group and secretor status. Samples of known blood group ABO and Lewis phenotype determined by standard serological methods were used to appraise the method. A retrospective renal cadaver donor study was conducted to assess the potential of using A2 non-secretor organs for transplantation into non-A recipients. Phenotype frequencies of blood group A donors were 76% and 24% for A1 and A2 subgroups respectively, whereas 27% of the donor sample population were non-secretors. Three donors were identified as A2 non-secretors, and analysis was performed to theoretically place the organs by considering them as blood group O. These results coupled with a detailed analysis of HLA type and antibody status of our panel suggests that using A2 donors would be a useful adjunct to strategies for transplanting highly sensitized patients and redressing the donor-recipient imbalance in terms of blood group.
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- J Procter
- Transplantation Immunology, Nuffield Department of Surgery, Oxford Transplant Centre, United Kingdom
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Domino SE, Hiraiwa N, Lowe JB. Molecular cloning, chromosomal assignment and tissue-specific expression of a murine alpha(1,2)fucosyltransferase expressed in thymic and epididymal epithelial cells. Biochem J 1997; 327 ( Pt 1):105-15. [PMID: 9355741 PMCID: PMC1218769 DOI: 10.1042/bj3270105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Terminal Fucalpha(1-2)Galbeta epitopes have been proposed to play significant roles in cell-cell interactions in development, cell adhesion, and malignant transformation. To begin to investigate the regulation and function of alpha(1-2)fucosylated epitopes in an animal model, we have isolated and characterized a mouse genomic DNA segment encoding a protein orthologous to the human H blood group locus alpha(1,2)fucosyltransferase (FUT1). This segment maintains an open reading frame encoding 376 amino acids sharing 75% sequence identity with the enzyme encoded by human FUT1, and 55% sequence identity with the enzyme encoded by the human Secretor blood group locus (FUT2). Expression of the open reading frame in COS-7 cells yields an alpha(1,2)fucosyltransferase activity with a Km of 7.6 mM for phenyl-beta-d-galactoside. Southern blotting and interspecific backcross analyses indicate that this murine locus represents a single copy sequence mapping to a novel locus 2.1 centimorgans from the Klk1 locus, in a region of homology between mouse chromosome 7 and the human FUT1 locus on the long arm of chromosome 19. Mouse FUT1 yields a 2.8 kb mRNA transcript identifiable in many organs, including thymus, lung, stomach, pancreas, small intestine, colon, uterus and epidiymis. Hybridization analyses in situ localize expression of FUT1 transcripts to thymic medullary and epididymal epithelial cells, implying that this gene determines the expression of cell surface Fucalpha(1-2)Galbeta epitopes in these tissues.
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- S E Domino
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0650, USA
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Weatherall D, Clegg J, Kwiatkowski D. The role of genomics in studying genetic susceptibility to infectious disease. Genome Res 1997; 7:967-73. [PMID: 9331367 DOI: 10.1101/gr.7.10.967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- D Weatherall
- Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DS, UK
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Koda Y, Soejima M, Johnson PH, Smart E, Kimura H. Missense mutation of FUT1 and deletion of FUT2 are responsible for Indian Bombay phenotype of ABO blood group system. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1997; 238:21-5. [PMID: 9299444 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1997.7232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The Bombay phenotype fails to express the ABH antigens of ABO blood group system on red blood cells and in secretions because of a lack in activities of the H gene (FUT1)- and Secretor gene (FUT2)-encoded alpha (1,2)fucosyltransferases. In this study, we have examined the FUT1 and the FUT2 from three unrelated Indian individuals with the Bombay phenotype. These three individuals were found to be homozygous for a T725G mutation in the coding region of the FUT1, which inactivated the enzyme activity. In addition, we did not detect any hybridized band corresponding to the FUT2 by Southern blot analysis using the catalytic domain of the FUT2 as a probe, indicating that the three individuals were homozygous for a gene deletion in the FUT2. These results suggest that the T725G mutation of FUT1 and the gene deletion of FUT2 are responsible for the classical Indian Bombay phenotype.
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- Y Koda
- Department of Forensic Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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Elmgren A, Mollicone R, Costache M, Börjeson C, Oriol R, Harrington J, Larson G. Significance of individual point mutations, T202C and C314T, in the human Lewis (FUT3) gene for expression of Lewis antigens by the human alpha(1,3/1,4)-fucosyltransferase, Fuc-TIII. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:21994-8. [PMID: 9268337 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.35.21994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The Lewis alpha(1,3/1,4)-fucosyltransferase, Fuc-TIII, encoded by the FUT3 gene is responsible for the final synthesis of Lea and Leb antigens. Various point mutations have been described explaining the Lewis negative phenotype, Le(a-b-), on erythrocytes and secretions. Two of these, T202C and C314T originally described in a Swedish population, have not been found as single isolated point mutations so far. To define the relative contribution of each of these two mutations to the Lewis negative phenotype, we cloned and made chimeric FUT3 constructs separating the T202C mutation responsible for the amino acid change Trp68 --> Arg, from the C314T mutation leading to the Thr105 --> Met shift. COS-7 cells were transfected and the expression of Fuc-TIII enzyme activity and the presence of Lewis antigens were determined. There was no decrease in enzyme activity nor of immunofluorescence staining on cells transfected with the construct containing the isolated C314T mutation compared with cells transfected with a wild type FUT3 allele control. No enzyme activity nor immunoreactivity for Lewis antigens was detected in FUT3 constructs containing both mutations in combination. The T202C mutation alone decreased the enzyme activity to less than 1% of the activity of the wild type FUT3 allele. These results demonstrate, that the Trp68 --> Arg substitution in human Fuc-TIII is the capital amino acid change responsible for the appearance of the Le(a-b-) phenotype on human erythrocytes in individuals homozygous for both the T202C and C314T mutations.
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- A Elmgren
- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, S-413 45 Göteborg, Sweden
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Koike C, Katayama A, Kadomatsu K, Muramatsu T, Hiraiwa N, Kannagi R, Nakashima I, Yokoyama I, Takagi H. Direct gene replacement of the mouse α(1,3)-galactosyltransferase gene with human α(1,2)-fucosyltransferase gene: Converting α-galactosyl epitopes into H antigens. Xenotransplantation 1997. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3089.1997.tb00178.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Wide Variety of Point Mutations in the H Gene of Bombay and Para-Bombay Individuals That Inactivate H Enzyme. Blood 1997. [DOI: 10.1182/blood.v90.2.839.839_839_849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The H genes, encoding an α1,2fucosyltransferase, which defines blood groups with the H structure, of four Bombay and 13 para-Bombay Japanese individuals were analyzed for mutations. Four Bombay individuals were homologous for the same null H allele, which is inactivated by a single nonsense mutation at position 695 from G to A (G695A), resulting in termination of H gene translation. The allele inactivated by the G695A was designated h1. The other 13 para-Bombay individuals possessed a trace amount of H antigens on erythrocytes regardless of their secretor status. Sequence analysis of their H genes showed four additional inactivated H gene alleles, h2, h3, h4, and h5. The h2 allele possesed a single base deletion at position 990 G (990-del). The h3 and h4 alleles possessed a single missense mutation, T721C, which changes Tyr 241 to His, and G442T, which changes Asp148 to Tyr, respectively. The h5 allele possessed two missense mutations, T460C (Tyr154 to His) and G1042A (Glu348 to Lys). The h2, h3, h4, and h5 enzymes directed by these alleles were not fully inactivated by the deletion and the missense mutations expressing some residual enzyme activity resulting in synthesis of H antigen on erythrocytes. Thirteen para-Bombay individuals whose erythrocytes retained a trace amount of H antigen were determined to be heterozygous or homozygous for at least one of h2, h3, h4, or h5 alleles. This clarified that the levels (null to trace amount) of H antigen expression on erythrocytes of Bombay and para-Bombay individuals are determined solely by H enzyme activity. These mutations found in the Japanese H alleles differ from a nonsense mutation found in the Indonesian population. To determine the roles of the H, Se, and Le genes in the expression of H antigen in secretions and Lewis blood group antigen on erythrocytes, the Lewis and secretor genes were also examined in these Bombay and para-Bombay individuals. The Lewis blood group phenotype, Le(α- b+), was determined by the combinatorial activity of two fucosyltransferases, the Lewis enzyme and the secretor enzyme, and the secretor status was solely determined by the secretor enzyme activity, not by H enzyme activity. Bombay individuals were confirmed to be homozygous for the inactivated H and Se genes. As expected from the very low frequency of Bombay and para-Bombay individuals in the population, ie, approximately one in two or 300,000, the H gene mutations were found to be very variable, unlike the cases of the point mutations in the other glycosyltransferase genes; the ABO genes, the Lewis gene, and the secretor gene.
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Wide Variety of Point Mutations in the H Gene of Bombay and Para-Bombay Individuals That Inactivate H Enzyme. Blood 1997. [DOI: 10.1182/blood.v90.2.839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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AbstractThe H genes, encoding an α1,2fucosyltransferase, which defines blood groups with the H structure, of four Bombay and 13 para-Bombay Japanese individuals were analyzed for mutations. Four Bombay individuals were homologous for the same null H allele, which is inactivated by a single nonsense mutation at position 695 from G to A (G695A), resulting in termination of H gene translation. The allele inactivated by the G695A was designated h1. The other 13 para-Bombay individuals possessed a trace amount of H antigens on erythrocytes regardless of their secretor status. Sequence analysis of their H genes showed four additional inactivated H gene alleles, h2, h3, h4, and h5. The h2 allele possesed a single base deletion at position 990 G (990-del). The h3 and h4 alleles possessed a single missense mutation, T721C, which changes Tyr 241 to His, and G442T, which changes Asp148 to Tyr, respectively. The h5 allele possessed two missense mutations, T460C (Tyr154 to His) and G1042A (Glu348 to Lys). The h2, h3, h4, and h5 enzymes directed by these alleles were not fully inactivated by the deletion and the missense mutations expressing some residual enzyme activity resulting in synthesis of H antigen on erythrocytes. Thirteen para-Bombay individuals whose erythrocytes retained a trace amount of H antigen were determined to be heterozygous or homozygous for at least one of h2, h3, h4, or h5 alleles. This clarified that the levels (null to trace amount) of H antigen expression on erythrocytes of Bombay and para-Bombay individuals are determined solely by H enzyme activity. These mutations found in the Japanese H alleles differ from a nonsense mutation found in the Indonesian population. To determine the roles of the H, Se, and Le genes in the expression of H antigen in secretions and Lewis blood group antigen on erythrocytes, the Lewis and secretor genes were also examined in these Bombay and para-Bombay individuals. The Lewis blood group phenotype, Le(α- b+), was determined by the combinatorial activity of two fucosyltransferases, the Lewis enzyme and the secretor enzyme, and the secretor status was solely determined by the secretor enzyme activity, not by H enzyme activity. Bombay individuals were confirmed to be homozygous for the inactivated H and Se genes. As expected from the very low frequency of Bombay and para-Bombay individuals in the population, ie, approximately one in two or 300,000, the H gene mutations were found to be very variable, unlike the cases of the point mutations in the other glycosyltransferase genes; the ABO genes, the Lewis gene, and the secretor gene.
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Costache M, Cailleau A, Fernandez-Mateos P, Oriol R, Mollicone R. Advances in molecular genetics of alpha-2- and alpha-3/4-fucosyltransferases. Transfus Clin Biol 1997; 4:367-82. [PMID: 9269717 DOI: 10.1016/s1246-7820(97)80042-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Fucosyltransferases are involved in the last steps of the biosynthesis of ABH and Lewis oligosaccharide antigens. Seven human genes (FUT1 to FUT7) and one pseudogene (Sec 1) have been cloned and localized on different chromosomes (9q34.3; 11q21; 19p13.3 and 19q13.3). Their locations and their high degree of primary sequence identity, suggest that they have appeared by successive duplications followed by translocation and divergent evolution. Their expression is tissue specific and they present a switch during human embryo-foetal development similar to that of hemoglobins. Polymorphic genes FUT1-FUT2 and FUT3-FUT5-FUT6 are organized in two clusters and each gene is partially or totally inactivated by different types of point mutations (nonsense, missense and frame shift), complete gene deletion or a fusion gene. The products of the monomorphic genes FUT4 and FUT7 seem implicated in cell-cell interactions during embryo-foetal development and in the leukocyte adhesion phenomena to endothelial cells in the adult. A phylogenetic tree of the 28 available nucleotide coding sequences of fucosyltransferases has allowed us to situate the duplication events with respect to the separation of species from the main evolutionary path (nematods, birds, mammals, primates and humans). Recently, using a computer approach a general structure of fucosyltransferases has been proposed, inspired from the crystalline structure of the beta-glucosyltransferase of bacteriophage T4. This folding contains two domains with an alternate succession alpha and beta chains. In this model the GDP-fucose binding site would be located between the two domains.
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- M Costache
- INSERM U178, Université Paris-Sud (XI), Villejuif, France
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Koda Y, Soejima M, Wang B, Kimura H. Structure and expression of the gene encoding secretor-type galactoside 2-alpha-L-fucosyltransferase (FUT2). EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1997; 246:750-5. [PMID: 9219535 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.t01-1-00750.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The expression and secretion of ABO antigens in epithelial cells of glands are controlled by secretor-type alpha (1,2)fucosyltransferase activity. We have examined the expression of the secretor-type alpha(1,2)fucosyltransferase gene (FUT2) and a pseudogene of FUT2 (Sec1) in several tumor cell lines by northern blot and/or reverse-transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) analyses. Transcripts of FUT2 were found in total RNA from ovarian, gastric and colonic cancer cell lines but not from six leukemic cell lines, including erythroleukemic HEL cells, by RT-PCR. On the other hand, RT-PCR indicated that Sec1 was expressed in all these tumor cells, including all hematopoietic cells studied. Northern blot analysis indicated that FUT2 transcripts with a similar size (3.3 kb) were expressed in cancer cell lines. Rapid amplification of cDNA ends suggested that the entire FUT2 cDNA is 3.1-kb long and has two Alu repetitive elements in its 3' untranslated region, including an inverted repeat. The mRNA, therefore, may form a large stem-and-loop structure (1.2 kb). Each stem contains about 300 bases, the loop contains 640 bases, and the percentage of complementary nucleotide sequences in the stem region is 85%. The presence of a large stem-and-loop structure in the 3' untranslated region may regulate the level of the FUT2 transcript by affecting the stability of the mRNA.
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- Y Koda
- Department of Forensic Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Japan
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Liehr T, Hallouin F, Rautenstrauss B, LePendu J, Denis MG. Mapping of two different alpha-1,2-fucosyltransferase genes to rat chromosome 1q22-q31. Mamm Genome 1997; 8:297-8. [PMID: 9096123 DOI: 10.1007/s003359900422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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- T Liehr
- Institute of Human Genetics, Schwabachanlage 10, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany
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Oulmouden A, Wierinckx A, Petit JM, Costache M, Palcic MM, Mollicone R, Oriol R, Julien R. Molecular cloning and expression of a bovine alpha(1,3)-fucosyltransferase gene homologous to a putative ancestor gene of the human FUT3-FUT5-FUT6 cluster. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:8764-73. [PMID: 9079712 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.13.8764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Only one bovine gene, corresponding to the human cluster of genes FUT3-FUT5-FUT6, was found by Southern blot analysis. The cognate bovine alpha(1,3)-fucosyltransferase shares 67.3, 69.0, and 69.3% amino acid sequence identities with human FUC-T3, FUC-T5, and FUC-T6 enzymes, respectively. As revealed by protein sequence alignment, potential sites for asparagine-linked glycosylation and conserved cysteines, the bovine enzyme is an intermediate between FUC-T3, FUC-T5, and FUC-T6 human enzymes. Transfected into COS-7 cells, the bovine gene induced the synthesis of an alpha(1, 3)-fucosyltransferase enzyme with type 2 substrate acceptor pattern specificity and induced expression of fucosylated type 2 epitopes (Lex and sialyl-Lex), but not of type 1 structures (Lea or sialyl-Lea), suggesting that it has an acceptor specificity similar to the human plasma FUC-T6. However, no enzyme activity was detected in bovine plasma. Gene transcripts are detected on tissues such as bovine liver, kidney, lung, and brain. The type 2 sialyl-Lex epitope was found in renal macula densa and biliary ducts, and Lex and Ley epitopes were detected on the brush border of epithelial cells of small and large intestine, suggesting a tissue distribution closer to human FUC-T3, but fucosylated type 1 structures (Lea, Leb, or sialyl-Lea) were not detected at all in any bovine tissue. Analysis of genetic distances on a combined phylogenetic tree of fucosyltransferase genes suggests that the bovine gene is the orthologous homologue of the ancestor of human genes constituting the present FUT3-FUT5-FUT6 cluster.
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- A Oulmouden
- Institut de Biotechnologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Limoges, 87060 Limoges, France
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Koda Y, Soejima M, Kimura H. Structure and expression of H-type GDP-L-fucose:beta-D-galactoside 2-alpha-L-fucosyltransferase gene (FUT1). Two transcription start sites and alternative splicing generate several forms of FUT1 mRNA. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:7501-5. [PMID: 9054453 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.11.7501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The expression of the ABO antigens on erythrocyte membranes is regulated by H gene (FUT1)-encoded alpha(1,2)fucosyltransferase activity. We have examined the expression of the FUT1 in several tumor cell lines, including erythroid lineage and normal bone marrow cells, by Northern blot and/or reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analyses. RT-PCR indicated that bone marrow cells, erythroleukemic cells (HEL), and highly undifferentiated leukemic cells (K562) that have erythroid characteristics expressed the FUT1 mRNA while four leukemic cell lines did not. The FUT1 mRNA was also demonstrated in gastric, colonic, and ovarian (MCAS) cancer cell lines by RT-PCR. Northern blot analysis indicated that a 4. 0-kilobase FUT1 transcript was expressed in some of these tumor cell lines. Rapid amplification of 5' cDNA end (RACE) analysis suggested that the FUT1 transcript had several forms generated by two distinct transcription start sites and alternative splicing. The results of RT-PCR using specific primers for each starting exon suggested that two transcription initiation sites (exon 1A and exon 2A) of the FUT1 were identified in gastric cancer cells and in ovarian cancer cells. Only exon 1A was identified as a transcription start site in another gastric cancer cell line, two colonic cancer cell lines, and in K562 cells, whereas only exon 2A was identified in HEL cells and in bone marrow cells. These two transcription start sites were located 1.8 kilobases apart. Therefore, two distinct promoters appeared to be present in the FUT1. The distinct promoters of the FUT1 and alternative splicing of the FUT1 mRNA may be associated with time- and tissue-specific expression of the FUT1.
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- Y Koda
- Division of Human Genetics, Department of Forensic Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka 830, Japan
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Wagner FF, Flegel WA. Polymorphism of the h allele and the population frequency of sporadic nonfunctional alleles. Transfusion 1997; 37:284-90. [PMID: 9122901 DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.1997.37397240210.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Current polymerase chain reaction-based strategies for phenotype prediction often fail when sporadic nonfunctional alleles are encountered. The population frequency of such mutations was not known for any gene under low selection pressure and may be best examined in blood groups systems lacking prevalent nonfunctional alleles. The frequency of the very rare Bombay blood group (Oh, genotype hh sese) was recently determined in a systematic survey of more than 600,000 white individuals. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS With this survey used in conjunction with additional blood samples, the population frequency of nonfunctional alleles of the gene encoding the alpha (1,2)fucosyltransferase (H or FUT1) was determined. RESULTS Seven different h alleles were found in five unrelated individuals, three of whom were homozygous for unique alleles. There was no prevalent h allele. Five missense and one frameshift mutations were observed, that were the presumptive causes of the null phenotype; the coding sequence of one h allele was identical to the H sequence. The average inbreeding factor alpha was 0.00116. The frequency of nonfunctional alleles at the H gene locus was calculated as 1 in 347 in a large white population (95% CI: 1:185-1:824). CONCLUSION The Bombay blood group phenotype in white is due to diverse, sporadic, nonfunctional alleles without any prevalent allele. Assuming similar rates of nonfunctional alleles in glycosyltransferase genes like ABO, current genotyping strategies may fail as often as once in about 300 individuals of blood group O. Sporadic neutral alleles may also pose a serious obstacle for population-wide screening of many disease-associated genes.
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- F F Wagner
- Transfusion Medicine Department, University of Ulm, Germany
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Henry S, Jovall PA, Ghardashkhani S, Elmgren A, Martinsson T, Larson G, Samuelsson B. Structural and immunochemical identification of Le(a), Le(b), H type 1, and related glycolipids in small intestinal mucosa of a group O Le(a-b-) nonsecretor. Glycoconj J 1997; 14:209-23. [PMID: 9111138 DOI: 10.1023/a:1018541821819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Total nonacid glycosphingolipids were isolated from small intestine mucosal scrapings of a red cell blood group O Le(a-b-) nonsecretor cadaver. Glycolipids were extracted and fractionated into five fractions based on chromatographic and immunostaining properties. These glycolipid fractions were then analysed by thin-layer chromatography for Lewis activity with antibodies reactive to the type 1 precursor (Le(c)), H type 1 (Le(d)), Le(a) and Le(b) epitopes. Fractions were structurally characterized by mass spectrometry (EI-MS and EI-MS/MS-TOF) and proton NMR spectroscopy. EI-MS/MS-TOF allowed for the identification of trace substances in fractions containing several other glycolipid species. Consistent with the red cell phenotype, large amounts of lactotetraosylceramide (Le(c)-4) were detected. Inconsistent with the red cell phenotype, small quantities of Le(a)-5, H-5-1 and Le(b)-6 glycolipids were immunochemically and structurally identified in the small intestine of this individual. By EI-MS/MS-TOF several large glycolipids with 9 and 10 sugar residues were also identified. The extensive carbohydrate chain elongation seen in this individual with a Lewis negative nonsecretor phenotype supports the concept that Lewis and Secretor blood group fucosylation may be a mechanism to control type 1 glycoconjugate chain extension.
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- S Henry
- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine, Göteborg University, Sweden
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The blood group antigens have been dismissed by some researchers as merely 'icing on the cake' of glycoprotein structures. The fact that there are no lethal mutations and individuals have been described lacking ABO, H and Lewis antigens seems to lend weight to the argument. This paper reviews the research which suggests that these antigens do indeed have function and argues that blood group antigens play important roles in modulation of protein activity, infection and cancer. It explores the evidence and poses questions as to the relevance and implications of the results.
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- P Greenwell
- School of Biological and Health Sciences, University of Westminster, London, UK
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Prieto PA, Larsen RD, Cho M, Rivera HN, Shilatifard A, Lowe JB, Cummings RD, Smith DF. Expression of human H-type alpha1,2-fucosyltransferase encoding for blood group H(O) antigen in Chinese hamster ovary cells. Evidence for preferential fucosylation and truncation of polylactosamine sequences. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:2089-97. [PMID: 8999907 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.4.2089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The human H(O) blood group is specified by the structure Fucalpha1-2Galbeta1-R, but the factors regulating expression of this determinant on cell surface glycoconjugates are not well understood. To learn more about the regulation of H blood group expression, cDNA encoding the human H-type GDPFuc:beta-D-galactoside alpha1, 2-fucosyltransferase (alpha1,2FT) was stably transfected into Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. The new cell line, designated CHO(alpha1,2)FT, expressed surface neoglycans containing the H antigen. The structures of the fucosylated neoglycans in CHO(alpha1, 2)FT cells and the distribution of these glycans on glycoproteins were characterized. Seventeen percent of the [3H]Gal-labeled glycopeptides from CHO(alpha1,2)FT cells bound to the immobilized H blood group-specific lectin Ulex europaeus agglutinin-I (UEA-I), whereas none from parental CHO cells bound to the lectin. The glycopeptides from CHO(alpha1,2)FT cells binding to UEA-I contained polylactosamine [3Galbeta1-4GlcNAcbeta1-]n with the terminal sequence Fucalpha1-2Galbeta1- 4GlcNAc-R. Fucosylation of the polylactosamine sequences on complex-type N-glycans in CHO(alpha1, 2)FT cells caused a decrease in both sialylation and length of polylactosamine. Unexpectedly, only small amounts of terminal fucosylation was found in diantennary complex-type N-glycans. The O-glycans and glycolipids were not fucosylated by the H-type alpha1, 2FT. Two major high molecular weight glycoproteins, one of which was shown to be the lysosome-associated membrane glycoprotein LAMP-1, preferentially contained the H-type structure and were bound by immobilized UEA-I. These results demonstrate that in CHO cells the expressed H-type alpha1,2FT does not indiscriminately fucosylate terminal galactosyl residues in complex-type N-glycans, but it favors glycans containing polylactosamine and dramatically alters their length and sialylation.
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- P A Prieto
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA
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Wang B, Koda Y, Soejima M, Kimura H. Two missense mutations of H type alpha(1,2)fucosyltransferase gene (FUT1) responsible for para-Bombay phenotype. Vox Sang 1997; 72:31-5. [PMID: 9031498 DOI: 10.1046/j.1423-0410.1997.00031.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Rare individuals (Bombay and para-Bombay phenotypes) fail to express the A, B and H antigens on erythrocyte membranes because of a lack in the H gene (FUT1)-encoded alpha(1,2)fucosyltransferase activity. In this study, we have found a para-Bombay individual (Bmh) who expressed B and H antigens in saliva but not on red blood cells. The FUT1 alleles of this person contained two single base changes (T460C and G1042A) in the coding region relative to the wild type allele. These substitutions may result in changes in two amino acid residues (Y154H and E348K). MATERIALS AND METHODS Since the T460C and G1042A mutations destroy endonuclease RsaI and AvaI sites, respectively, we tested for these mutations using PCR-RFLP. RESULTS Our findings indicated that this para-Bombay person was homozygous for the T460C and G1042A mutations, and that neither of these mutations was found in 136 randomly selected Japanese individuals. The measurement of the alpha(1,2)fucosyltransferase activity after transient expression of the FUT1 alleles in COS-7 cells indicated that the H-deficient allele-encoded enzyme had no detectable activity. Moreover, transfection by chimera FUT1 allele contains only the T460C mutation, or only the G1042A mutation, and yielded 1.0 or 9.3%, respectively, of the activities compared to transfection by the wild type allele. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that the two mutations in combination are responsible for the inactivation of the FUT1-encoded enzyme activity.
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- B Wang
- Department of Legal Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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Yu LC, Yang YH, Broadberry RE, Chen YH, Lin M. Heterogeneity of the human H blood group alpha(1,2)fucosyltransferase gene among para-Bombay individuals. Vox Sang 1997; 72:36-40. [PMID: 9031499 DOI: 10.1046/j.1423-0410.1997.00036.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The para-Bombay phenotype has a relatively high frequency of about 1 in 8,000 Taiwanese. Studies were carried out on eight healthy and unrelated Taiwanese with the para-Bombay phenotype to cast light on its immunogenetic basis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Blood and saliva samples were tested with standard hemagglutination techniques. Salivary ABH substances were determined by hemagglutination inhibition. PCR techniques were used to amplify the coding region of the H genes. RESULTS Five different h alleles, designated as h1, h2, h3, h4 and h5, were identified in the Taiwanese with the para-Bombay phenotype. The h1 allele loses one of the three AG repeats located at the nucleotides 547-552 of the H gene, whereas two of the three T repeats located at the nucleotides 880-882 are deleted in the h2 allele. The h3 allele contains a C658 to T missense mutation, whereas two missense mutations, C35 to T and A980 to C were identified in the h4 allele. A T460 to C missense is present in the h5 allele. The h5 allele was identified in an individual whose red blood cells contain blood group A antigen but not H antigen, and thus may be considered a weak variant of the H gene. CONCLUSIONS So far no biologic relevance of the H antigen has been discovered, and its deficiency does not seem to produce any deleterious effects. There may be better understanding of the evolutionary basis for the polymorphisms at these loci after systematic study of different ethnic populations.
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- L C Yu
- Department of Medical Research, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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Orntoft TF, Vestergaard EM, Holmes E, Jakobsen JS, Grunnet N, Mortensen M, Johnson P, Bross P, Gregersen N, Skorstengaard K, Jensen UB, Bolund L, Wolf H. Influence of Lewis alpha1-3/4-L-fucosyltransferase (FUT3) gene mutations on enzyme activity, erythrocyte phenotyping, and circulating tumor marker sialyl-Lewis a levels. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:32260-8. [PMID: 8943285 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.50.32260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Fucosylated glycoproteins carrying alpha1-4 fucose residues are of importance for cell adhesion and as tumor markers. The Lewis gene, FUT3, encodes the only known alpha1-4-fucosyltransferase (FucT), and individuals who are deficient in this enzyme type as Lewis-negative on erythrocytes. We examined the mutational spectrum of the Lewis gene in Denmark and found 6 different mutations. Five, T59G, T202C, C314T, G508A, and T1067A, were frequent, and one, C445A, was only detected in one out of 40 individuals. Allele-specific polymerase chain reaction as well as cloning of FUT3 alleles showed that the 202 and 314 mutations were co-located on the same allele. COS7 cells transfected with an allele having the 202/314 mutations lacked enzyme activity. Polymerase chain reaction-cleavage assays were established for the genotyping of healthy individuals as well as 20 genuine Lewis-negative cancer patients and 10 non-genuine. The latter have Lewis-negative erythrocytes but saliva alpha1-4FucT activity. The genuine Lewis-negative individuals had mutations on both FUT3 alleles. In 66 healthy individuals, a gene dosage effect was detected as FUT3 heterozygous individuals had a lower alpha1-4FucT activity in saliva than did homozygous wild-type individuals. The lower enzyme level in heterozygous individuals resulted in a significantly (p < 0.04) lower level of circulating sialyl-Lewis a structure in serum. This has the clinical impact that cut-off levels in tumor marker assays should be defined on the basis of genotyping. In the group of non-genuine Lewis-negative cancer patients, whose erythrocytes convert from Lewis-positive to Lewis-negative during the disease, FUT3 heterozygosity was significantly (p < 0.05) more common.
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- T F Orntoft
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Skejby University Hospital, DK 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark
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Henry S, Mollicone R, Fernandez P, Samuelsson B, Oriol R, Larson G. Molecular basis for erythrocyte Le(a+ b+) and salivary ABH partial-secretor phenotypes: expression of a FUT2 secretor allele with an A-->T mutation at nucleotide 385 correlates with reduced alpha(1,2) fucosyltransferase activity. Glycoconj J 1996; 13:985-93. [PMID: 8981090 DOI: 10.1007/bf01053194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The SewA385T mutation of the FUT2 gene was found to correlate with both the erthrocyte Le(a + b+) and/or salivary ABH partial-secretor phenotypes of Polynesians. Constructs with FUT1 and FUT2 wild type genes, and the FUT2 SewA385T, seG428A and seC571T mutated alleles, were cloned into pcDNAI, and expressed in COS-7 cells. COS-7 cells transfected with the SewA385T allele had weak, but detectable, alpha(1,2)fucosyltransferase activity, with an acceptor substrate pattern similar to the wild type FUT2 gene. Comparative kinetic studies from cell extracts with mutated SewA385T and wild type FUT2 alleles gave similar Km values, but less enzyme activity was present in cells transfected with SewA385T (Vmax 230 pmol h-1 mg-1), as compared to those transfected with FUT2 (Vmax 1030 pmol h-1 mg-1), suggesting that the mutated enzyme is more unstable. These results confirm that the molecular basis for the erythrocyte Le(a + b+), and the associated ABH salivary partial-secretor phenotype, is an amino acid change of Ile129-->Phe in the secretor alpha(1,2)fucosyltransferase.
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- S Henry
- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine, Göteborg University, Sweden
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Larson G, Börjeson C, Elmgren A, Kernholt A, Henry S, Fletcher A, Aziz A, Mollicone R, Oriol R. Identification of a new plasma alpha(1,3)fucosyltransferase (FUT6) allele requires an extended genotyping strategy. Vox Sang 1996; 71:233-41. [PMID: 8958648 DOI: 10.1046/j.1423-0410.1996.7140233.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Screening the FUT6 gene of 40 Swedish individuals, originally selected for genotyping of FUT3, revealed an unexpected high frequency of mutations. Four were originally typed as homozygous for the enzyme lethal mutation G739A by Taq alpha I restriction pattern, but only one lacked plasma alpha(1,3)fucosyltransferase activity. Cloning and sequencing of FUT6 from 2 of them revealed a new allele, without the G739A mutation, but with two new point mutations C738T and G977A. Segregation of this allele was confirmed in Swedish and Indonesian families. Since G739A and C738T mutations are only one nucleotide apart and induce the same modification of Taq alpha I cleavage, a new screening strategy for FUT6 was adopted. The homozygous inactivating G739A mutation was for the first time identified in Caucasian and Polynesian individuals, both lacking plasma enzyme activity. The mutation C370T was present in 25 of the 40 Swedish individuals and the inactivating mutation C945A was not found at all. These findings stress the dangers of transferring restriction enzyme genotype strategies from one population to another and of inferring phenotypes from genotypes without phenotyping and/or performing confirmatory cloning and sequencing.
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- G Larson
- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine, Göteborg University, Sahlgrenska Hospital, Sweden
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Mak KH, Lubenko A, Greenwell P, Voak D, Yan KF, Poole J. Serologic characteristics of H-deficient phenotypes among Chinese in Hong Kong. Transfusion 1996; 36:994-9. [PMID: 8937411 DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.1996.36111297091745.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND The occasional presence of H-deficient red cells among both referred and donor blood samples prompted the mass screening of donated blood in Hong Kong for H-deficient phenotypes; 96 percent of the donors tested are Chinese from the southern province of Kwongtung. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS Donor blood was screened for H-deficient red cells with the use of Ulex europaeus. Lewis phenotyping was carried out on all H-deficient individuals, and saliva testing was performed on most such individuals. The thermal amplitude and potency of their anti-H and anti-HI in the serum were also estimated. RESULTS Between 1984 and 1993, 28 H-deficient blood donors were identified; 16 H-deficient patient samples were also identified, and family studies revealed an additional 7 H-deficient subjects. The H-deficient red cells did not react with anti-H lectin, the levels of ABH substances in saliva were normal or near-normal, normal levels of A or B transferase were found in plasma, minute quantities of A or B (in persons who were genetically group A or B) were detected on the red cells, and anti-H or anti-HI was detected in the serum (about 66.7% of which reacted at 37 degrees C). Atypical anti-A or anti-B was demonstrated in 81.8 percent of the cases. CONCLUSION The H-deficient phenotype among the Hong Kong Chinese seems to represent a homogeneous group. Despite the presence of normal quantities of ABH substance in the saliva, anti-H or anti-HI that was active at 37 degrees C was detected in most cases. The incidence of the H-deficient phenotype was 1 in 15,620.
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- K H Mak
- Hong Kong Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, Hong Kong
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Trinchera M, Bozzaro S. Dictyostelium cytosolic fucosyltransferase synthesizes H type 1 trisaccharide in vitro. FEBS Lett 1996; 395:68-72. [PMID: 8849691 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(96)01003-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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A fucosyltransferase activity has been detected using lacto-N-biose I as acceptor in the lower eukaryote Dictyostelium discoideum. This transferase requires divalent cations and is inhibited by N-ethylmaleimide and detergent treatment. Apparent calculated Km values for GDP-Fuc and lacto-N-biose I are 1.27 microM and 2.80 mM, respectively. The activity is quantitatively recovered in the supernatant after centrifugation at 100000 x g for 1 h. The reaction product, as determined by gel permeation chromatography, sensitivity to fucosidases, and analysis of partially methylated derivatives, is Fucalpha1-2Galbeta1-3GlcNAc (H type 1 trisaccharide).
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- M Trinchera
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Pavia, Italy
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Tanegashima A, Nishi K, Fukunaga T, Rand S, Brinkmann B. Ethnic differences in the expression of blood group antigens in the salivary gland secretory cells from German and Japanese non-secretor individuals. Glycoconj J 1996; 13:537-45. [PMID: 8872110 DOI: 10.1007/bf00731441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Type 1 ABO blood group antigens (peripheral core structure: Gal beta 1-3GlcNAc beta 1-R) are expressed mainly in endodermally-derived tissues, but are not synthesized in mesodermally-derived tissues. In the former tissues, H type 1 antigen is generated largely by alpha-2-L-fucosyltransferase encoded by secretor (Se) gene and acting on the terminal galactose of the type 1 precursor chain. This theory has been generally accepted, and it seems that the expression of ABO blood group antigens is absent, or expressed at a low level, in these tissues from non-secretor individuals. In this immunohistochemical study on the secretory cells of salivary glands, we found ethnic difference between German and Japanese non-secretor individuals in the expression of blood group antigens: i.e. the expression of the type 1 blood group antigens is present in these cells from Japanese non-secretor individuals but absent from German. A possible explanation is that another alpha-2-L-fucosyltransferase, independent of the secretor gene, is present in Japanese non-secretor individuals.
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- A Tanegashima
- Department of Legal Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Japan
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Hitoshi S, Kusunoki S, Kanazawa I, Tsuji S. Molecular cloning and expression of a third type of rabbit GDP-L-fucose:beta-D-galactoside 2-alpha-L-fucosyltransferase. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:16975-81. [PMID: 8663168 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.28.16975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Recent molecular investigation revealed that two closely related structural genes encode distinct GDP-L-fucose:beta-D-galactoside 2-alpha-L-fucosyltransferases (alpha1,2-fucosyltransferases). Some human cancer cells or tissues may express an aberrant alpha1, 2-fucosyltransferase other than H- and Secretor-type alpha1, 2-fucosyltransferase. However, definite evidence of the existence of a third type of alpha1,2-fucosyltransferase has not been demonstrated. Here we report the molecular cloning of a third type of rabbit alpha1,2-fucosyltransferase (RFT-III) from a rabbit genomic DNA library. The DNA sequence included an open reading frame coding for 347 amino acids, and the deduced amino acid sequence of RFT-III showed 59 and 80% identity with those of the previously reported two types of rabbit alpha1,2-fucosyltransferase, RFT-I and RFT-II, respectively. COS-7 cells transfected with the RFT-III gene exhibited alpha1,2-fucosyltransferase activity toward phenyl-beta-Gal as a substrate. Neuro2a (a murine neuroblastoma cell line) cells transfected with the RFT-III gene expressed fucosyl GM1 (type 3 H) but not Ulex europaeus agglutinin-1 lectin reactive antigens (type 2 H). Kinetic studies revealed that RFT-III exhibits higher affinity to types 1 (Galbeta1, 3GlcNAc) and 3 (Galbeta1, 3GalNAc) than to type 2 (Galbeta1, 4GlcNAc) oligosaccharides, which suggests that RFT-III as well as RFT-II is a Secretor-type alpha1, 2-fucosyltransferase. RFT-III was expressed in the adult gastrointestinal tract. The RFT-I, -II, and -III genes were assigned within 90 kilobases on pulsed field gel electrophoresis analysis. These results constitute direct evidence that, at least in one mammalian species, three active alpha1,2-fucosyltransferases exist.
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- S Hitoshi
- Molecular Glycobiology, Frontier Research Program, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Saitama 351-01, Japan
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Chandrasekaran EV, Jain RK, Larsen RD, Wlasichuk K, Matta KL. Characterization of the specificities of human blood group H gene-specified alpha 1,2-L-fucosyltransferase toward sulfated/sialylated/fucosylated acceptors: evidence for an inverse relationship between alpha 1,2-L-fucosylation of Gal and alpha 1,6-L-fucosylation of asparagine-linked GlcNAc. Biochemistry 1996; 35:8914-24. [PMID: 8688427 DOI: 10.1021/bi952193m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The assembly of complex structures bearing the H determinant was examined by characterizing the specificities of a cloned blood group H gene-specified alpha 1,2-L-fucosyltransferase (FT) toward a variety of sulfated, sialylated, or fucosylated Gal beta 1,3/4GlcNAc beta- or Gal beta 1,3GalNAc alpha-based acceptor structures. (a) As compared to the basic type 2, Gal beta 1,4GlcNAc beta-(K(m) = 1.67 mM), the basic type 1 was 137% active (K(m) = 0.83 mM). (b) On C-6 sulfation of Gal, type 1 became 142.1% active and type 2 became 223.0% active (K(m) = 0.45 mM). (c) On C-6 sulfation of GlcNAc, type 2 showed 33.7% activity. (d) On C-3 or C-4 fucosylation of GlcNAc, both types 1 and 2 lost activity. (e) Type 1 showed 70.8% and 5.8% activity, respectively, on C-6 and C-4 O-methylation of GlcNAc. (f) Type 1 retained 18.8% activity on alpha 2,6-sialylation of GlcNAc. (g) Terminal type 1 or 2 of extended chain had lower activity. (h) With Gal in place of GlcNAc in type 1, the activity became 43.2%. (i) Compounds with terminal alpha 1,3-linked Gal were inactive. (j) Gal beta 1,3GalNAc alpha- (the T-hapten) was approximately 0.4-fold as active as Gal beta 1,4GlcNAc beta-. (k) C-6 sulfation of Gal on the T-hapten did not affect the acceptor activity. (l) C-6 sulfation of GalNAc decreased the activity to 70%, whereas on C-6 sulfation of both Gal and GalNAc the T-hapten lost the acceptor ability. (m) C-6 sialylation of GalNAc also led to inactivity. (n) beta 1,6 branching from GalNAc of the T-hapten by a GlcNAc residue or by units such as Gal beta 1, 4GlcNAc-, Gal beta 1,4(Fuc alpha 1,3)GlcNAc-, or 3-sulfoGal beta 1,4GlcNAc- resulted in 111.9%, 282.8%, 48.3%, and 75.3% activities, respectively. (o) The enhancement of enzyme affinity by a sulfo group on C-6 of Gal was demonstrated by an increase (approximately 5-fold) in the K(m) for Gal beta 1,4GlcNAc beta 1,6(Gal beta 1,3)GalNAc alpha-O-Bn in presence of 6-sulfoGal beta 1,- 4GlcNAc beta-O-Me (3.0 mM). (p) Among the two sites in Gal beta 1, 4GlcNAc beta 1,6(Gal beta 1,3) GalNAc alpha-O-Bn, the enzyme had a higher affinity ( > 3-fold) for the Gal linked to GlcNAc. (q) With respect to Gal beta 1,- 3GlcNAc beta-O-Bn (3.0 mM), fetuin triantennary asialo glycopeptide (2.4 mM), bovine IgG diantennary glycopeptide (2.8 mM), asialo Cowper's gland mucin (0.06 mM), and the acrylamide copolymers (0.125 mM each) containing Gal beta 1,3GlcNAc beta-, Gal beta 1,3(6-sulfo)GlcNAc beta-, Gal beta 1,3GalNAc alpha-, Gal beta 1,3Gal beta-, or Gal alpha 1,3Gal beta- units were 153.6%, 43.0%, 6.2%, 52.5%, 94.9%, 14.7%, 23.6%, and 15.6% active, respectively. (r) Fucosylation by alpha 1,2-L-FT of the galactosyl residue which occurs on the antennary structure of the bovine IgG glycopeptide was adversely affected by the presence of an alpha 1,6-L-fucosyl residue located on the distant glucosaminyl residue that is directly attached to the asparagine of the protein backbone. This became evident from the 4-fold activity of alpha 1,2-L-FT toward bovine IgG glycopeptide after approximately 5% removal of alpha 1,6-linked Fuo.
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- E V Chandrasekaran
- Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York 14263, USA
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The identification of large numbers of candidates genes and the introduction of methodologies for whole-genome screening have provided new opportunities for elucidating the molecular basis of variable susceptibility to major infectious diseases. 12 genes have been implicated in variable susceptibility to malaria and susceptibility/resistance genes for several other infectious diseases are beginning to be identified. Recent work suggests that large-scale family linkage and population association studies will be a more successful route to human disease genes than extrapolation from mouse models of infection.
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- A V Hill
- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, UK
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West CM, Scott-Ward T, Teng-umnuay P, van der Wel H, Kozarov E, Huynh A. Purification and characterization of an alpha1,2,-L-fucosyltransferase, which modifies the cytosolic protein FP21,from the cytosol of Dictyostelium. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:12024-35. [PMID: 8662604 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.20.12024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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A novel fucosyltransferase (cFTase) activity has been enriched over 10(6)-fold from the cytosolic compartment of Dictyostelium based on transfer of [3H]fucose from GDP-[3H]fucose to Galbeta1,3 GlcNAc beta-paranitrophenyl (paranitrophenyl-lacto-N-bioside or pNP-LNB). The activity behaved as a single component during purification over DEAE-, phenyl-, Reactive Blue-4-, GDP-adipate-, GDP-hexanolamine-, and Superdex gel filtration resins. The purified activity possessed an apparent Mr of 95 X 10(3), was Mg2+-dependent with a neutral pH optimum, and exhibited a Km for GDP-fucose of 0.34 microM, a Km for pNP-LNB of 0.6 mM, and a Vmax for pN-P-LNB of 620 nmol/min/mg protein. SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analysis of the Superdex elution profile identified a polypeptide with an apparent Mr of 85 X 10(3), which coeluted with the cFTase activity and could be specifically photolabeled with the donor substrate inhibitor GDP-hexanolaminyl-azido-125I-salicylate. Based on substrate analogue studies, exoglycosidase digestions, and co-chromatography with fucosylated standards, the product of the reaction with pNP-LNB was Fucalpha1, 2Galbeta1,3GIcNAcbeta-pNP. The cFTase preferred substrates with a Galbeta1,3linkage, and thus its acceptor substrate specificity resembles the human Secretor-type alpha1,2- FTase. Afucosyl isoforms of the FP21 glycoprotein, GP21-I and GP21-II, were purified from the cytosol of a Dictyostelium mutant and found to be substrates for the cFTase, which exhibited an apparent K(m) of 0.21 microM and an apparent V(max) of 460 nmol/min/mg protein toward GP21-II. The highly purified cFTase was inhibited by the reaction products Fucalpha1,2Galbeta1,3GlcNAcbeta-pNP and FP21-II. FP21-I and recombinant FP21 were not inhibitory, suggesting that acceptor substrate specificity is based primarily on carbohydrate recognition. A cytosolic location for this step of FP21 glycosylation is implied by the isolation of the cFTase from the cytosolic fraction, its high affinity for its substrates, and its failure to be detected in crude membrane preparations.
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- C M West
- Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville 32610-0235, USA
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Kudo T, Iwasaki H, Nishihara S, Shinya N, Ando T, Narimatsu I, Narimatsu H. Molecular genetic analysis of the human Lewis histo-blood group system. II. Secretor gene inactivation by a novel single missense mutation A385T in Japanese nonsecretor individuals. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:9830-7. [PMID: 8621666 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.16.9830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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The Lewis histo-blood group system comprises two major antigens, Lewis a and Lewis b. The Lewis b antigen is a product of two fucosyltransferases, the alpha(1,3/1,4)fucosyltransferase (Lewis enzyme; Fuc-TIII) encoded by the Lewis gene and an alpha(1,2)fucosyltransferase which is not required for synthesis of Lewis a antigen. An enzyme responsible for secreting ABH antigens into body secretions (secretor enzyme) is also one of alpha(1,2)fucosyltransferases. A candidate gene encoding secretor enzyme Sec2 gene was recently cloned by Rouquier, S., Lowe, J. B., Kelly, R. J., Fertitta, A. L., Lennon, G. G., and Giorgi, D. ((1995) J. Biol. Chem. 270, 4632-4639) and Kelly, R. J., Rouquier, S., Giorgi, D., Lennon, G. G., and Lowe, J. B. ((1995) J. Biol. Chem. 270, 4640-4649) who demonstrated a G428A nonsense mutation (Trp143 to terminal codon) in Sec2 of nonsecretors. However, the G428A nonsense mutation discovered in the Sec2 gene of nonsecretors in an ethnic group other than Japanese was not found in any of 45 Japanese nonsecretors, whereas one Filipino who had been erroneously registered as a Japanese possessed the G428A mutation heterozygously. In order to explore the Sec2 gene of a Japanese population, we performed a molecular genetic analysis of the Sec2 gene on 226 Japanese individuals, 21 in a family study and 205 in a random sampling study. We discovered two novel mutations in the Sec2 gene, an A385T missense mutation (Ile129 to Phe) that results in inactivation of Sec2-encoded alpha(1,2)fucosyltransferase and a C357T silent mutation which is irrelevant to amino acid substitution, in Japanese nonsecretors. The analysis of Japanese individuals using the polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism method found three alleles in the Sec2 gene, the first having no mutation, the second having a C357T mutation, and the third having both C357T and A385T mutations, which we designated as Se1, Se2, and sej, respectively. Among 226 Japanese individuals, 40 having a Le(a+b-) phenotype and 5 having a Le(a-b-) nonsecretor phenotype were homozygous for sej/sej, whereas 149 having a Le(a-b+) phenotype and 32 having a Le(a-b-)-secretor phenotype possessed at least one Se1 or Se2. The frequencies of occurrence of Se1, Se2, and sej among 410 alleles examined in a random sample of 205 Japanese individuals were 15, 46, and 39%, respectively, indicating a rather wide distribution of the sej allele in the Japanese population. The results show that the Sec2 gene really encodes the secretor enzyme alpha(1,2)fucosyltransferase and indicate that a ethnic group-specific nonsense or missense point mutation in the Sec2 gene determines nonsecretor status. The phylogenic aspect and biological significance of the Se and Le genes are discussed.
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- T Kudo
- Division of Cell Biology, Institute of Life Science, Soka University, Tokyo, Japan
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Mollicone R, Cailleau A, Imberty A, Gane P, Perez S, Oriol R. Recognition of the blood group H type 2 trisaccharide epitope by 28 monoclonal antibodies and three lectins. Glycoconj J 1996; 13:263-71. [PMID: 8737251 DOI: 10.1007/bf00731501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The patterns of cross-reaction of 30 monoclonal antibodies and three lectins were determined by ELISA with 21 ABH, Ii or Lewis related synthetic oligosaccharides coupled to bovine serum albumin. At least seven main groups of cross-reactive patterns were identified among the antibodies, plus several isolated antibodies which had intermediate patterns between two of the main antibody groups. The three lectins had different cross-reaction patterns, Galactia tenuiflora was different from all the antibodies, Ulex europaeus lectin 1 and Lotus tetragonolobus were similar, but not identical to groups III and V of antibodies respectively. The anti-H antibodies cross-reacting with A type 2 gave similar agglutination scores with all the normal ABO erythrocytes, while the anti-H antibodies not cross-reacting with A type 2 reacted with different scores: O > A2 > A2B > B > A1 > A1B > O(h), suggesting that these antibodies react better with the free H epitopes and do not recognize the H in A or B epitopes. Based on the ELISA and agglutination results and the lowest energy conformations of each oligosaccharide obtained by computer modelling, the most probable oligosaccharide surface areas recognized by each antibody main group are illustrated.
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Hill AV. Genetic susceptibility to malaria and other infectious diseases: from the MHC to the whole genome. Parasitology 1996; 112 Suppl:S75-84. [PMID: 8684839 DOI: 10.1017/s003118200007668x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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There is substantial evidence that host genetic factors play a major role in determining the outcome of infection with many pathogens. Detailed analysis of malaria has identified twelve genes that affect susceptibility in various human populations. However, less attention has been paid to other major infectious diseases where twin studies have identified an important host genetic component to susceptibility. Recent progress in the analysis of the human genome offers exciting prospects for the mapping and identification of new susceptibility and resistance genes for common infectious diseases. Screening of the whole genome in affected sibling pair studies is now feasible by employing highly informative microsatellite markers. In addition, many polymorphic candidate genes have become available for analysis in case-control studies. It is proposed that these new genetic tools offer a powerful approach to the epidemiological analysis of many infectious diseases in humans and supersede traditional genetic approaches to identifying susceptibility genes in mouse models. Progress in characterizing the role of major histocompatibility genes in susceptibility to malaria and other infectious diseases is reviewed before outlining the methodologies for and progress in identifying non-MHC susceptibility genes.
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- A V Hill
- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, U.K
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Yazawa S, Oh-kawara H, Nakajima T, Hosomi O, Akamatsu S, Kishi K. Histo-blood group Lewis genotyping from human hairs and blood. THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS 1996; 41:177-88. [PMID: 8914633 DOI: 10.1007/bf01892625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The expression of histo-blood group Lewis antigens is determined by the Lewis-type alpha 1-->3/4fucosyltransferase (Le enzyme) encoded by Fuc-TIII gene (Le gene). The genotyping of Le genes by the PCR-RFLP methods established recently and partly modified in this study was found to be useful not only for determining the genuine Lewis blood types of samples such as human hairs and blood stains but also for distinguishing non-genuine Lewis-negative phenotypes frequently observed in pregnant women from genuine ones. The availability of the present PCR-RFLP methods for the paternity tests was also discussed.
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- S Yazawa
- Department of Legai Medicine, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan
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Yazawa S, Kishi K, Akamatsu S, Oh-Kawara H, Seno T, Okubo Y. A search for the Secretor gene nonsense mutation (G428 to A428) in Japanese nonsecretors. Transfusion 1996; 36:286. [PMID: 8604516 DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.1996.36396182149.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Henry S, Mollicone R, Lowe JB, Samuelsson B, Larson G. A second nonsecretor allele of the blood group alpha(1,2)fucosyl-transferase gene (FUT2). Vox Sang 1996; 70:21-5. [PMID: 8928486 DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.1996.tb00991.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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While screening Le(a+b+)Polynesian DNA samples for a candidate Se(w) allele, a point mutation (C571-->T) resulting in a new stop codon (Arg191-->stop) in the alpha(1,2)fucosyltransferase gene (FUT2) was identified. This point mutation resulted in the gaining of a new restriction enzyme cleavage site (DdeI), which allowed restriction enzyme cleavage screening of 40 selected Polynesians and 42 random Caucasians. The nonsecretor phenotype in two of the three nonsecretor Polynesians analyzed was due to homozygosity for the 'new' mutation, whereas the third Polynesian nonsecretor (with Caucasian ancestors) was due to homozygosity of the 'old' (Trp143-->stop) mutation. The nonsecretor phenotype in all Caucasians analyzed was a consequence of homozygosity for the 'old' mutation. Both the new and the old nonsecretor mutations were identified in the heterozygous state in some secretor-positive Polynesians, while only the old mutation was found in the heterozygous state in Caucasians of the same phenotype.
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- S Henry
- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine, Göteborg University, Sweden
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