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Viswanathan P, Rimer JD, Kolbach AM, Ward MD, Kleinman JG, Wesson JA. Calcium oxalate monohydrate aggregation induced by aggregation of desialylated Tamm-Horsfall protein. UROLOGICAL RESEARCH 2011; 39:269-82. [PMID: 21229239 PMCID: PMC3117096 DOI: 10.1007/s00240-010-0353-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2010] [Accepted: 12/04/2010] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Tamm-Horsfall protein (THP) is thought to protect against calcium oxalate monohydrate (COM) stone formation by inhibiting COM aggregation. Several studies reported that stone formers produce THP with reduced levels of glycosylation, particularly sialic acid levels, which leads to reduced negative charge. In this study, normal THP was treated with neuraminidase to remove sialic acid residues, confirmed by an isoelectric point shift to higher pH. COM aggregation assays revealed that desialylated THP (ds-THP) promoted COM aggregation, while normal THP inhibited aggregation. The appearance of protein aggregates in solutions at ds-THP concentrations ≥1 μg/mL in 150 mM NaCl correlated with COM aggregation promotion, implying that ds-THP aggregation induced COM aggregation. The aggregation-promoting effect of the ds-THP was independent of pH above its isoelectric point, but was substantially reduced at low ionic strength, where protein aggregation was much reduced. COM aggregation promotion was maximized at a ds-THP to COM mass ratio of ~0.025, which can be explained by a model wherein partial COM surface coverage by ds-THP aggregates promotes crystal aggregation by bridging opposing COM surfaces, whereas higher surface coverage leads to repulsion between adsorbed ds-THP aggregates. Thus, desialylation of THP apparently abrogates a normal defensive action of THP by inducing protein aggregation, and subsequently COM aggregation, a condition that favors kidney stone formation.
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- Pragasam Viswanathan
- The Nephrology Division of the Medical College of Wisconsin, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 111K, 5000 West National Ave, Milwaukee 53295, WI, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Molecular Design Institute, New York University, 100 Washington Ave, SE, New York, NY, USA
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- The Nephrology Division of the Medical College of Wisconsin, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 111K, 5000 West National Ave, Milwaukee 53295, WI, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Molecular Design Institute, New York University, 100 Washington Ave, SE, New York, NY, USA
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- The Nephrology Division of the Medical College of Wisconsin, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 111K, 5000 West National Ave, Milwaukee 53295, WI, USA
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- The Nephrology Division of the Medical College of Wisconsin, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 111K, 5000 West National Ave, Milwaukee 53295, WI, USA
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Ju T, Otto VI, Cummings RD. The Tn antigen-structural simplicity and biological complexity. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2011; 50:1770-91. [PMID: 21259410 PMCID: PMC7159538 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201002313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 264] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2010] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Glycoproteins in animal cells contain a variety of glycan structures that are added co- and/or posttranslationally to proteins. Of over 20 different types of sugar-amino acid linkages known, the two major types are N-glycans (Asn-linked) and O-glycans (Ser/Thr-linked). An abnormal mucin-type O-glycan whose expression is associated with cancer and several human disorders is the Tn antigen. It has a relatively simple structure composed of N-acetyl-D-galactosamine with a glycosidic α linkage to serine/threonine residues in glycoproteins (GalNAcα1-O-Ser/Thr), and was one of the first glycoconjugates to be chemically synthesized. The Tn antigen is normally modified by a specific galactosyltransferase (T-synthase) in the Golgi apparatus of cells. Expression of active T-synthase is uniquely dependent on the molecular chaperone Cosmc, which is encoded by a gene on the X chromosome. Expression of the Tn antigen can arise as a consequence of mutations in the genes for T-synthase or Cosmc, or genes affecting other steps of O-glycosylation pathways. Because of the association of the Tn antigen with disease, there is much interest in the development of Tn-based vaccines and other therapeutic approaches based on Tn expression.
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- Tongzhong Ju
- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, O. Wayne Rollins Research Center, 1510 Clifton Road, Suite 4001, Atlanta, GA 30322 (USA), Fax: (+1) 404‐727‐2738
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich (Switzerland)
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- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, O. Wayne Rollins Research Center, 1510 Clifton Road, Suite 4001, Atlanta, GA 30322 (USA), Fax: (+1) 404‐727‐2738
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Ju T, Otto VI, Cummings RD. Das Tn-Antigen - strukturell einfach und biologisch komplex. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201002313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Serafini-Cessi F, Monti A, Cavallone D. N-Glycans carried by Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein have a crucial role in the defense against urinary tract diseases. Glycoconj J 2005; 22:383-94. [PMID: 16622944 DOI: 10.1007/s10719-005-2142-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein (THGP), produced exclusively by renal cells from the thick ascending limb of Henle's loop, is attached by a glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchor to the luminal face of the cells. Urinary excretion of THGP (50-100 mg/day) occurs upon proteolytic cleavage of the large ectodomain of the GPI-anchored form. N-Glycans, consisting of a large repertoire of sialylated polyantennary chains and high-mannose structures, account for approximately 30% of the weight of human urinary THGP. We describe: (i) the involvement of urinary THGP high-mannose glycans in defense against infections of the urinary tract, caused by type-1 fimbriated Escherichia coli, which recognize high-mannose structures, (ii) the role of GalNAcbeta1-4(NeuAcalpha2-3)Galbeta1-4GlcNAcbeta1-3Gal (Sd(a) determinant) carried by human THGP in protecting the distal nephron from colonization of type-S fimbriated E. coli which recognise NeuAcalpha2-3Gal, (iii) the inhibitory effect of sialylated THGP on crystal aggregation of calcium oxalate and calcium phosphate, thus preventing nephrolithiasis. Finally, we outline the importance of N-glycans in promoting the polymerization of THGP, a process resulting in the formation of homopolymers with an M(r) of several million in urine. Since THGP defense against diseases of the urinary tract mainly consists in binding damaging agents, its ability to behave as a multivalent ligand significantly enhances this protective role.
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- Franca Serafini-Cessi
- Department of Experimental Pathology, University of Bologna, Italy. serafini@.alma.unibo.it
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Cioci G, Rivet A, Koca J, Pérez S. Conformational analysis of complex oligosaccharides: the CICADA approach to the uromodulin O-glycans. Carbohydr Res 2004; 339:949-59. [PMID: 15010302 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2003.12.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2003] [Accepted: 12/12/2003] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Uromodulin is the pregnancy-associated Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein, with the enhanced ability to inhibit T-cell proliferation. Pregnancy-associated structural changes mainly occur in the O-glycosylation of this glycoprotein. These include up to 12 glycan structures, made up of an unusual core type 2 sequence terminated with one, two, or three sialyl Lewis(x) sequences; this type of O-glycans could serve as E- and P-selectin ligands. The present work focuses on the most complex one; a tetradecamer made up of a type 2 core carrying three sialyl Lewis(x) branches. Five different monosaccharides are assembled by 14 glycosidic linkages. The conformational behavior of the constituting disaccharide segments was evaluated using the flexible residue procedure of the MM3 molecular mechanics procedure. For each disaccharide, the adiabatic energy surface, along with the local energy minima were established. All these results were used for the generation, prior to complete optimization of the tetradecamer. This was followed by a complete exploration of conformational hyperspace throughout the use of the single coordinate method as implemented in the CICADA program. Despite the potential flexibility of the tetradecasaccharide, only four conformational families occur, accounting for more than 95% of the total low energy conformations. For each family, the molecular properties (electrostatic, lipophilicity, and hydrogen potential) were studied. The shape of the tetradecasaccharide is best described as a flat ribbon, flanked by three branches having terminal sialyl residues. Two of the branches interact through nonbonded interactions, bringing further energy stabilization, and limiting the conformational flexibility of the sialyl residues. Only one branch maintains the original conformational features of sialyl Lewis(x). This O-glycan can be seen as a fascinating example of 'dendrimeric' structure, where the spatial arrangement of three S-Le(x) epitopes may favor its complementary 'presentations' for the interactions with E- and P-selectins.
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- Gianluca Cioci
- Centre de Recherches sur les Macromolécules Végétales, CNRS and Joseph Fourier University, IFR 2607, BP#53, F-38041 Grenoble, France.
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Fukushima K, Ikehara Y, Kanai M, Kochibe N, Kuroki M, Yamashita K. A beta-N-acetylglucosaminyl phosphate diester residue is attached to the glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor of human placental alkaline phosphatase: a target of the channel-forming toxin aerolysin. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:36296-303. [PMID: 12851398 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m304341200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored proteins are ubiquitous in eukaryotes. The minimum conserved GPI core structure of all GPI-anchored glycans has been determined as EtN-PO4-6Manalpha1-2Manalpha1-6Manalpha1-4GlcN-myo-inositol-PO3H. Human placental alkaline phosphatase (AP) has been reported to be a GPI-anchored membrane protein. AP carries one N-glycan, (NeuAcalpha2-->3)2Gal2GlcNAc2Man3GlcNAc(+/-Fuc)GlcNAc, and a GPI anchor, which contains an ethanolamine phosphate diester group, as a side chain. However, we found that both sialidase-treated soluble AP (sAP) and its GPI-anchored glycan bound to a Psathyrella velutina lectin (PVL)-Sepharose column, which binds beta-GlcNAc residues. PVL binding of asialo-sAP and its GPI-anchored glycan was diminished by digestion with diplococcal beta-N-acetylhexosaminidase or by mild acid treatment. After sequential digestion of asialo-sAP with beta-N-acetylhexosaminidase and acid phosphatase, the elution patterns on chromatofocusing gels were changed in accordance with the negative charges of phosphate residues. Trypsin-digested sAP was analyzed by liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization mass spectrometry, and the structures of two glycopeptides with GPI-anchored glycans were confirmed as peptide-EtN-PO4-6Manalpha1-->2(GlcNAcbeta1-PO4-->6)Manalpha1-6(+/-EtN-PO4-->)Manalpha1-->4GlcN, which may be produced by endo-alpha-glucosaminidase. In addition to AP, GPI-anchored carcinoembryonic antigen, cholinesterase, and Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein also bound to a PVL-Sepharose column, suggesting that the beta-N-acetylglucosaminyl phosphate diester residue is widely distributed in human GPI-anchored glycans. Furthermore, we found that the beta-N-acetylglucosaminyl phosphate diester residue is important for GPI anchor recognition of aerolysin, a channel-forming toxin derived from Aeromonas hydrophila.
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- Keiko Fukushima
- Department of Biochemistry, Sasaki Institute, 2-2 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0062, Japan
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Jiménez Blanco JL, Haseley SR, Kamerling JP, Vliegenthart JF. Analysis of the interaction between lectins and tetra- and tri-saccharide mimics of the Sd(a) determinant by surface plasmon resonance detection. Biochimie 2001; 83:653-8. [PMID: 11522394 DOI: 10.1016/s0300-9084(01)01302-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The binding properties of a spacer-linked synthetic Sd(a) tetrasaccharide beta-D-GalpNAc-(1-->4)-alpha-Neu5Ac-(2-->3)]-beta-D-Galp-(1-->4)-beta-D-GlcpNAc-(1-->O)-(CH(2))(5)-NH(2) (1), two tetrasaccharide mimics beta-D-Galp-(1-->4)-alpha-Neu5Ac-(2-->3)]-beta-D-Galp-(1-->4)-beta-D-GlcpNAc-(1-->O)-(CH(2))(5)-NH(2) (2) and beta-D-GlcpNAc-(1-->4)-alpha-Neu5Ac-(2-->3)]-beta-D-Galp-(1-->4)-beta-D-GlcpNAc-(1-->O)-(CH(2))(5)-NH(2) (3), and two trisaccharide mimics beta-D-GalpNAc-(1-->4)-3-O-(SO(3)H)-beta-D-Galp-(1-->4)-beta-D-GlcpNAc-(1-->O)-(CH(2))(5)-NH(2) (4) and beta-D-GalpNAc-(1-->4)-3-O-(CH(2)COOH)-beta-D-Galp-(1-->4)-beta-D-GlcpNAc-(1-->O)-(CH(2))(5)-NH(2) (5) with lectins from Dolichos biflorus (DBL), Maackia amurensis (MAL), Phaseolus limensis (PLL), Ptilota plumosa (PPL), Ricinus communis 120 (RCL120) and Triticum vulgaris (wheat germ agglutinin, WGA) have been investigated by surface plasmon resonance (SPR) detection. MAL, PPL, RCL120 and WGA did not display any binding activity with compounds 1-5. However, DBL and PLL, both exhibiting GalNAc-specificity, showed strong binding activity with compounds 1, 4 and 5, and 1, 3, 4 and 5, respectively. The results demonstrate that SPR is a very useful analysis system for identifying biologically relevant oligosaccharide mimics of the Sd(a) determinant.
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- J L Jiménez Blanco
- Bijvoet Center, Department of Bio-Organic Chemistry, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80075, 3508 TB Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Pak J, Pu Y, Zhang ZT, Hasty DL, Wu XR. Tamm-Horsfall protein binds to type 1 fimbriated Escherichia coli and prevents E. coli from binding to uroplakin Ia and Ib receptors. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:9924-30. [PMID: 11134021 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m008610200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 208] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The adherence of uropathogenic Escherichia coli to the urothelial surface, a critical first step in the pathogenesis of urinary tract infection (UTI), is controlled by three key elements: E. coli adhesins, host receptors, and host defense mechanisms. Although much has been learned about E. coli adhesins and their urothelial receptors, little is known about the role of host defense in the adherence process. Here we show that Tamm-Horsfall protein (THP) is the principal urinary protein that binds specifically to type 1 fimbriated E. coli, the main cause of UTI. The binding was highly specific and saturable and could be inhibited by d-mannose and abolished by endoglycosidase H treatment of THP, suggesting that the binding is mediated by the high-mannose moieties of THP. It is species-conserved, occurring in both human and mouse THPs. In addition, the binding to THP was much greater with an E. coli strain bearing a phenotypic variant of the type 1 fimbrial FimH adhesin characteristic of those prevalent in UTI isolates compared with the one prevalent in isolates from the large intestine of healthy individuals. Finally, a physiological concentration of THP completely abolished the binding of type 1 fimbriated E. coli to uroplakins Ia and Ib, two putative urothelial receptors for type 1 fimbriae. These results establish, on a functional level, that THP contains conserved high-mannose moieties capable of specific interaction with type 1 fimbriae and strongly suggest that this major urinary glycoprotein is a key urinary anti-adherence factor serving to prevent type 1 fimbriated E. coli from binding to the urothelial receptors.
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- J Pak
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center, New York, New York 10010, USA
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Wangsiripaisan A, Gengaro PE, Edelstein CL, Schrier RW. Role of polymeric Tamm-Horsfall protein in cast formation: oligosaccharide and tubular fluid ions. Kidney Int 2001; 59:932-40. [PMID: 11231348 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.059003932.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND In acute tubular necrosis (ATN), distal tubules are obstructed by casts formed by tubular debris, cells, and Tamm-Horsfall protein (THP). Since there are Arginine-Glycine-Aspartate (RGD) and Leucine-Aspartate-Valine (LDV) adhesive sequences in human THP, there may be direct integrin-mediated binding of tubular cells to THP. Alternatively, polymerization of THP may result in entrapment of the cells in its gel. METHODS Adhesion of LLC-PK(1) cells to THP-coated wells was directly measured. THP concentrate was dissolved in solutions which mimic urine from ATN (ATN-S), distal convoluted tubule (DCT-S), collecting duct (CD-S), and monomeric buffer (M buffer). THP was also denatured by either boiling or N-glycanase digestion. Gel formation of THP was then measured. Inhibition of LLC-PK(1) cell adhesion to collagen type I was measured with each solution, as well as after the collagen was pretreated with either monomeric (mTHP) or polymeric (pTHP) THP. The effect of pTHP on the settling rate of LLC-PK(1) cells in suspension was also measured. RESULTS LLC-PK(1) cells did not directly adhere to THP, a finding against integrin-mediated binding as a mechanism for in vivo tubular cell/THP cast formation. The high electrolyte concentration of ATN-S and CD-S, however, was associated with pTHP gel formation. Moreover, cells suspended in pTHP remained in suspension. In cell adhesion studies, mTHP attenuated cell adhesion by binding to the matrix, whereas pTHP attenuated cell adhesion by trapping cells in its gel. An active process was involved since both pTHP gel formation and attenuation of cell adhesion were abolished by boiling or oligosaccharide removal with N-glycanase digestion. CONCLUSIONS With renal ischemia and proximal tubule cell shedding, ATN and collecting duct fluid composition enhance THP gel formation and thus favor tubular cast formation and obstruction. The present in vitro results indicate the importance of oligosaccharide residues in mediating the effect of the THP on gel formation and potential cast formation in ATN.
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- A Wangsiripaisan
- Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado, USA
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- F Kokot
- Departments of Nephrology, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Silesian University Medical School, Katowice, Poland
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Olczak T, Olczak M, Dereniowska M, Strzelczyk R, Kubicz A. Alterations of the sugar moiety of Tamm-Horsfall protein in children with malignancies of lymphoid cells. Electrophoresis 1999; 20:1382-9. [PMID: 10424459 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1522-2683(19990601)20:7<1382::aid-elps1382>3.0.co;2-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The aim of this study was to examine whether the sugar moiety of Tamm-Horsfall protein (THP) is affected by pathological processes caused by acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) or non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). The carbohydrate part of THP was studied by monosaccharide analysis, N-glycan profiling, and reactivity with specific lectins. Our results have shown that THP of ALL or NHL patients, in comparison with healthy subjects, have modified sugar chains. This is expressed in lower contents of N-acetylgalactosamine, alpha2,6-linked sialic acid and alpha1,6-linked fucose as well as in altered proportions of various N-glycans. We have shown that pathological processes also affect the carbohydrate unit of human immunoglobulin G (IgG) isolated from sera of ALL or NHL patients. As compared with healthy subjects, in IgG of the patient group, lower amounts of sialic acid and fucose were observed. These changes did not influence the biological properties of THP as judged by their unaltered ability to bind with interleukin-1alpha, alpha1-acid glycoprotein, serum albumin, transferrin, IgG1 and the light and heavy chains of IgG. Neither the in vivo alterations of IgG caused by ALL or NHL nor its in vitro modifications influence the interaction between IgG and THP.
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- T Olczak
- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Wroclaw, Poland.
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Cavallone D, Malagolini N, Serafini-Cessi F. Binding of human neutrophils to cell-surface anchored Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein in tubulointerstitial nephritis. Kidney Int 1999; 55:1787-99. [PMID: 10231441 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00439.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Human Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein (T-H) is a glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored protein exposed at the surface of distal nephron cells, and urinary T-H is the released soluble counterpart. The latter has been implicated in tubulointerstitial nephritis, and the proinflammatory potential has been related to its ability to bind in vitro human neutrophils (PMNs). We have examined the conditions required for the binding of neutrophils to cell-surface anchored T-H and the consequent effects. METHODS A HeLa cell-line derivative permanently transformed with human T-H cDNA and expressing T-H at the cell surface was used throughout the study. The adhesion of PMNs to cells expressing T-H was analyzed by immunofluorescence microscopy before and after the opsonization of cells with anti-T-H antibodies. The oxidative burst induced by adhesion of PMNs to the cells was determined by the activation of myeloperoxidase. Quantitative and qualitative changes in the release of T-H under the adhesion of activated PMNs were determined by dot-blot and Western blot analysis. RESULTS No binding of neutrophils to cell-surface-anchored T-H was observed. On the contrary, the opsonization of cells with anti-T-H antibodies resulted in a dramatic adhesion of neutrophils. Such an adhesion induced the oxidative burst of PMNs and a large increment in the release of T-H, as well as the release of the slightly faster migrating T-H form, which is normally retained intracellularly. CONCLUSIONS These results support the notion that, after the autoimmune response, the adhesion of neutrophils to cell-surface T-H contributes to the pathogenesis of tubulointerstitial nephritis, favoring a further accumulation of T-H in the interstitium and inducing the loss of cell integrity via reactive oxygen metabolites generated by activated neutrophils.
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- D Cavallone
- Department of Experimental Pathology, University of Bologna, Italy
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Olczak M, Olczak T. Oligosaccharides released by hydrazinolysis from Tamm-Horsfall protein of various human donors contain similar high-mannose glycans. Clin Chim Acta 1999; 282:35-44. [PMID: 10340432 DOI: 10.1016/s0009-8981(99)00010-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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As pathophysiological functions claimed for Tamm-Horsfall protein (THP) are related to its sugar moiety, we examined influence of pregnancy and various diseases on high-mannose chains. Hydrazinolysis was used to liberate oligosaccharides from THP polypeptide backbone. After HPLC separation of fluorescently labelled glycans similar profiles of neutral oligosaccharides were observed in THP of healthy subjects, pregnant women, patients with Bartter's syndrome, patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and a patient with carbohydrate deficient glycoprotein syndrome. THP contains Man-5, Man-6 and Man-7 glycans, with the preponderant amount of Man-6 glycan (about 7% of total THP oligosaccharides). No statistically significant differences were found in THP high-mannose glycans profiles between control subjects and pregnant women or patients. It is likely that neither pregnancy nor the pathological conditions examined affect high-mannose chains. In our opinion hydrazinolysis as a method of oligosaccharides liberation, in contrast to enzymatic deglycosylation, is more appropriate for analysis of the sugar moiety of THP.
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- M Olczak
- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Wroclaw, Poland
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Tandai-Hiruma M, Endo T, Kobata A. Detection of novel carbohydrate binding activity of interleukin-1. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:4459-66. [PMID: 9933650 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.7.4459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein (THGP) and the oligosaccharide fraction liberated from THGP by hydrazinolysis inhibited tetanus toxoid-induced T cell proliferation. Intact THGP showed approximately 100-fold more inhibitory activity than the free oligosaccharides. After fractionating the oligosaccharides by anion-exchange column chromatography, the inhibitory activity could be detected in a sialidase-resistant acidic oligosaccharide fraction (fraction AR). The inhibitory activity of fraction AR was not observed when the fraction was added to the T cell culture medium 24 h after the addition of tetanus toxoid. Increased concentration of interleukin (IL) 1beta and decreased concentration of IL-2 were observed in the T cell culture medium after the addition of fraction AR. The oligosaccharides in fraction AR also inhibited the growth of an IL-1-dependent cell line, D10-G4. These results strongly suggested that the oligosaccharides in fraction AR bind to IL-1beta and suppress its cytokine activity. IL-1beta actually bound to the fraction AR immobilized on an amino-bonded thin layer plate. Fractionation of the oligosaccharides indicated that only oligosaccharides containing an N-acetylgalactosamine residue and a sulfate residue bound specifically to IL-1beta. Removal of either the sulfate residue or the N-acetylgalactosamine residue from the oligosaccharides abolished both the proliferation-inhibition and IL-1beta binding activities. Since IL-1beta did not bind to thyroid-stimulating hormone, which has the sulfate group at C-4 of the N-acetylgalactosamine residue in its N-linked sugar chains, the binding of IL-1beta toward oligosaccharides in fraction AR was considered to be highly specific.
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- M Tandai-Hiruma
- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokane-dai, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0071, Japan
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van Rooijen JJ, Voskamp AF, Kamerling JP, Vliegenthart JF. Glycosylation sites and site-specific glycosylation in human Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein. Glycobiology 1999; 9:21-30. [PMID: 9884403 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/9.1.21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The N-glycosylation sites of human Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein from one healthy male donor have been characterized, based on an approach using endoproteinase Glu-C (V-8 protease, Staphylococcus aureus ) digestion and a combination of chromatographic techniques, automated Edman sequencing, and fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry. Seven out of the eight potential N-glycosylation sites, namely, Asn52, Asn56, Asn208, Asn251, Asn298, Asn372, and Asn489, turned out to be glycosylated, and the potential glycosylation site at Asn14, being close to the N-terminus, is not used. The carbohydrate microheterogeneity on three of the glycosylation sites was studied in more detail by high-pH anion-exchange chromatographic profiling and 500 MHz1H-NMR spectroscopy. Glycosylation site Asn489 contains mainly di- and tri-charged oligosaccharides which comprise, among others, the GalNAc4 S (beta1-4)GlcNAc terminal sequence. Only glycosylation site Asn251 bears oligomannose-type carbohydrate chains ranging from Man5GlcNAc2to Man8GlcNAc2, in addition to a small amount of complex-type structures. Profiling of the carbohydrate moieties of Asn208 indicates a large heterogeneity, similar to that established for native human Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein, namely, multiply charged complex-type carbohydrate structures, terminated by sulfate groups, sialic acid residues, and/or the Sda-determinant.
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- J J van Rooijen
- Bijvoet Center, Department of Bio-Organic Chemistry, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80075, NL-3508 TB Utrecht, The Netherlands
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van Rooijen JJ, Kamerling JP, Vliegenthart JF. The abundance of additional N-acetyllactosamine units in N-linked tetraantennary oligosaccharides of human Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein is a donor-specific feature. Glycobiology 1998; 8:1065-75. [PMID: 9751793 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/8.11.1065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Previously, treatment of Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein (THp) from different donors with endo-beta-galactosidase has been shown to liberate a tetra- and a Sd(a)-active pentasaccharide, concluding the presence of N-linked carbohydrate chains containing additional N -acetyllactosamine units. These type of oligosaccharides were not found in a detailed structure elucidation of the carbohydrate moiety of THp of one male donor, suggesting a donor-specific feature for these type of structures. Therefore, THp was isolated from four healthy male donors and each subjected to endo-beta-galactosidase treatment in order to release these tetra- and Sd(a)-active pentasaccharide. Differences were observed in the total amount of released tetra- and Sda-active pentasaccharide of the used donors (42, 470, 478, 718 microg/100 mg THp), indicating that the presence of repeating N-acetyllactosamine units incorporated into the N-glycan moiety of THp is donor specific. Furthermore, a higher expression of the Sd(a) determinant on antennae which display N-acetyllactosamine elongation was observed, suggesting a better accessibility for the beta-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase. In order to characterize the N-glycans containing repeating N-acetyllactosamine units, carbohydrate chains were enzymatically released from THp and isolated. The tetraantennary fraction, which accounts for more than 33% of the total carbohydrate moiety of THp, was used to isolate oligosaccharides containing additional N -acetyllactosamine units. Five N-linked tetraantennary oligosaccharides containing a repeating N-acetyllactosamine unit were identified, varying from structures bearing four Sd(a) determinants to structures containing no Sd(a) determinant (see below). One compound was used in order to specify the branch location of the additional N-acetyllactosamine unit, and it appeared that only the Gal-6' and Gal-8' residues were occupied by a repeating N -acetyllactosamine unit.
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- J J van Rooijen
- Bijvoet Center, Department of Bio-Organic Chemistry, Utrecht University,P.O. Box 80075, NL-3508 TB Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Malagolini N, Cavallone D, Serafini-Cessi F. Intracellular transport, cell-surface exposure and release of recombinant Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein. Kidney Int 1997; 52:1340-50. [PMID: 9350657 DOI: 10.1038/ki.1997.459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Human Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein (T-H), first described as the major urinary glycoprotein, is a glycosylphosphatidyl-inositol (GPI)-anchored membrane protein which mainly resides at the luminal face of cells of the thick ascending limb of Henle's loop (TAL) and early distal convoluted tubules of nephron. Since no human renal cell-line producing T-H is available, T-H cDNA was transfected in HeLa cells and a cell line was selected in which 95% of the cells stably expressed T-H, in order to elucidate the biosynthesis, mechanisms regulating the transport of T-H along the exocytic pathway, exposure at the cell surface and release in soluble form. Treatment of cells with an exogenous reducing agent results in a drastic delay in the conversion from precursor to mature T-H. Since the accumulating T-H-precursor carries glycans not yet processed by Golgi-mannosidases, we propose that the formation of a correct set of intrachain disulphide bonds is required for T-H exit out the endoplasmic reticulum. Even the treatment of cells with an inhibitor of GPI-anchor biosynthesis results in an intracellular accumulation of T-H precursor, loss of T-H localization into Golgi apparatus and reduced surface exposure. These results indicate that the GPI-anchor addition is necessary for T-H delivery to the cell-surface. The release rate of new synthesized T-H shows an initial lag time very likely depending on the time required for T-H surface exposure. A portion of released T-H appears to contain ethanolamine, a component of GPI anchor, indicating that, at least in HeLa cells, a GPI-specific phospholipase contributes to the T-H release. Exposure of cells to monensin and brefeldin A results in a loss of accumulation of T-H in the Golgi perinuclear region and a reduced delivery to the cell surface. Under monensin treatment an intermediate T-H form non-exposed at the cell surface is released in the medium, indicating that a soluble T-H may be produced inside the cell under conditions that alter the Golgi apparatus. If such an event occurs in polarized kidney cells, a T-H release from the basolateral face may be postulated, inasmuch as the GPI-anchor is an apical sorting signal. Since T-H is a powerful autoantigen, the accumulation of soluble T-H in the interstitium of TAL may cause the formation of immunocomplexes.
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- N Malagolini
- Department of Experimental Pathology, University of Bologna, Italy
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van Seeventer PB, Corsten MA, Sanders MP, Kamerling JP, Vliegenthart JF. Synthesis of two analogues of the Sda determinant. Replacement of the sialic acid residue by a sulfate or a carboxymethyl group. Carbohydr Res 1997; 299:171-9. [PMID: 9163896 DOI: 10.1016/s0008-6215(97)00011-6] [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: 02/04/2023]
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Two analogues of the Sda determinant tetrasaccharide have been synthesized in order to investigate the physiological role of this carbohydrate moiety. These saccharides, having two different anionic substitutes for the sialic acid residue, are: beta-D-GalpNAc-(1-->4)-3-O-SO3 H- beta-D-Galp-(1-->4)-beta-D-GlcpNAc-(1-->O)(CH2)5NH2 and beta-D-GalpNAc-(1-->4)-3-O- COOH-beta-D-Galp-(1-->4)-beta-D-GlcpNAc-(1-->O)(CH2)5NH2. 5-Azidopentyl (2,6-di-O- benzyl-beta-D-galactopyranosyl)-(1-->4)-3,6-di-O-benzyl-2-deoxy-2- phthalimido-beta-D-glucopyranoside served as a general building block. The trisaccharides were obtained after prior selective derivatization of HO-3' of the disaccharide derivative via a dibutyltin oxide mediated reaction, followed by coupling at HO-4' with 3,4,6-tri-O-acetyl-2-deoxy-2-phthalimido-beta-D-galactopyranosyl trichloroacetimidate, and processing of the formed trisaccharide derivatives into their free forms.
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- P B van Seeventer
- Bijvoet Center, Department of Bio-Organic Chemistry, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
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van Seeventer PB, Kamerling JP, Vliegenthart JF. Synthesis of the Sda determinant and two analogous tetrasaccharides. Carbohydr Res 1997; 299:181-95. [PMID: 9163897 DOI: 10.1016/s0008-6215(97)00013-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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To contribute to the possibility of studying in greater detail the biological significance of Sda-containing glycans as occur in Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein, the following three spacer-linked tetrasaccharides have been synthesized: the Sda determinant alpha-Neu p5Ac-(2-->3)-[beta- D-GalpNAc-(1-->4)]-beta-D-Galp-(1-->4)-beta-D-GlcpNAc-(1-->O)(CH2)5NH 2 (1), the Gal-analogue alpha-Neup5Ac-(2-->3)-[beta-D-Galp-(1-->4)]-beta-D-Galp-(1-->4) -beta-D-GlcpNAc-(1-->O)(CH2)5NH2 (2), and the GlcNAc-analogue alpha-Neup5Ac-(2-->3)-[beta-D-GlcpNAc-(1-->4)]- beta-D-Galp-(1-->4)-beta-D-GlcpNAc-(1-->O)(CH2)5NH2 (3). The general trisaccharide acceptor 5-azidopentyl (methyl 5-acetamido-4,7,8,9-tetra-O-acetyl-3,5-dideoxy- D-glycero-alpha-D-galactonon-2-ulopyranosylonate)-(2-->3)-(2 ,6-di-O-benzyl- beta-D-galactopyranosyl)-(1-->4)-3,6-di-O- benzyl-2-deoxy-2-phthalimido-beta-D-glucopyranoside was prepared, using methyl (phenyl 5- acetamido-4,7,8,9-tetra-O-acetyl-3,5-dideoxy-2-thio-D-glycero-D-galacto- non- 2-ulopyranosid)- onate as the sialyl donor. For the syntheses of 1, 2, and 3 the glycosyl donors 3,4,6-tri-O- acetyl-2-deoxy-2-phthalimido-alpha-D-galactopyranosyl bromide, 2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-alpha-D- galactopyranosyl bromide, and 3,4,6-tri-O-acetyl-2-deoxy-2-phthalimido -beta-D-glucopyranosyl trichloroacetimidate, respectively, proved to be the most suitable.
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- P B van Seeventer
- Bijvoet Center, Department of Bio-Organic Chemistry, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
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Clarke JL, Watkins W. Alpha1,3-L-fucosyltransferase expression in developing human myeloid cells. Antigenic, enzymatic, and mRNA analyses. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:10317-28. [PMID: 8626601 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.17.10317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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In an attempt to correlate the cell surface expression of Lex and sialyl-Lex structures in immature and mature myeloid cells with the genes expressing alpha1,3-fucosyltransferase(s) we have examined: 1) the properties of the cellular alpha1,3-fucosyltransferases and the mRNA transcripts corresponding to the five cloned genes, Fuc-TIII, Fuc-TIV, Fuc-TV, Fuc-TVI, and Fuc-TVII, in mature granulocytes and in the myeloid cell line HL-60, before and after dimethyl sulfoxide-induced differentiation and 2) the properties of the alpha1,3-fucosyltransferases expressed in COS-7 cells transfected with plasmids containing Fuc-TIV and Fuc-TVII cDNAs. The previously shown increase in cell surface expression of sialyl-Lex on differentiation of HL-60 cells (Skacel P. O., Edwards A. J., Harrison C. T., and Watkins W. M. (1991) Blood 78, 1452-1460) is accompanied by a sharp fall in expression of Fuc-TIV mRNA and a persistence of expression of Fuc-TVII mRNA. The properties of the alpha1,3-fucosyltransferase expressed in COS-7 cells transfected with Fuc-TIV are consistent with this being the major gene responsible for the expression of Lex in the immature myeloid cells. In Northern blot analyses, no transcripts of Fuc-TIII, Fuc-TV, or Fuc-TVI were detected in total RNA from mature granulocytes or mRNA from HL-60 cells before or after differentiation. In total RNA from mature granulocytes, Fuc-TIV transcripts were only faintly visible, whereas Fuc-TVII transcripts were quite definitely expressed. The specificity properties of Fuc-TVII expressed in COS-7 cells are consistent with this gene being the major candidate alpha1, 3-fucosyltransferase controlling the expression of sialyl-Lex on mature cells. However, Lex continues to be expressed on the surface of mature granulocytes and cell extracts retain the capacity to transfer fucose to non-sialylated acceptor substrates. The question therefore remains as to whether these properties result from the weakly expressed Fuc-TIV gene or whether another alpha1, 3-fucosyltransferase gene remains to be identified.
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- J L Clarke
- Department of Haematology, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London, W12 ONN, United Kingdom
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Johnson PH, Donald AS, Clarke JL, Watkins WM. Purification, properties and possible gene assignment of an alpha 1,3-fucosyltransferase expressed in human liver. Glycoconj J 1995; 12:879-93. [PMID: 8748166 DOI: 10.1007/bf00731250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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alpha 1,3-Fucosyltransferase solubilized from human liver has been purified 40,000-fold to apparent homogeneity by a multistage process involving cation exchange chromatography on CM-Sephadex, hydrophobic interaction chromatography on Phenyl Sepharose, affinity chromatography on GDP-hexanolamine Sepharose and HPLC gel exclusion chromatography. The final step gave a major protein peak that co-chromatographed with alpha 1,3-fucosyltransferase activity and had a specific activity of approximately 5-6 mumol min-1 mg-1 and an M(r) approximately 44,000 deduced from SDS-PAGE and HPLC analysis. The purified enzyme readily utilized Gal beta 1-4GlcNAc, NeuAc alpha 2-3Gal beta 1-4GlcNAc and Fuc alpha 1-2Gal beta 1-4GlcNAc, with a preference for sialylated and fucosylated Type 2 acceptors. Fuc alpha 1-2Gal beta 1-4Glc and the Type 1 compound Gal beta 1-3GlcNAc were very poor acceptors and no incorporation was observed with NeuAc alpha 2-6Gal beta 1-4GlcNAc. A polyclonal antibody raised against the liver preparation reacted with the homologous enzyme and also with the blood group Lewis gene-associated alpha 1,3/1,4-fucosyltransferase purified from the human A431 epidermoid carcinoma cell line. No cross reactivity was found with alpha 1,3-fucosyltransferase(s) isolated from myeloid cells. Examination by Northern blot analysis of mRNA from normal liver and from the HepG2 cell line, together with a comparison of the specificity pattern of the purified enzyme with that reported for the enzyme expressed in mammalian cells transfected with the Fuc-TVI cDNA, suggests a provisional identification of Fuc-TVI as the major alpha 1,3-fucosyltransferase gene expressed in human liver.
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- P H Johnson
- Division of Immunochemical Genetics, MRC Clinical Research Centre, Harrow, Middlesex, UK
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Prasadan K, Bates J, Badgett A, Dell M, Sukhatme V, Yu H, Kumar S. Nucleotide sequence and peptide motifs of mouse uromodulin (Tamm-Horsfall protein)--the most abundant protein in mammalian urine. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1995; 1260:328-32. [PMID: 7873609 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4781(94)00240-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The mouse uromodulin cDNA sequence was sequenced. The predicted peptide sequence is 642 amino acids long and contains several modular components including four epidermal growth factor like repeats, one betaglycan-like domain (ZP domain), and a consensus sequence for attachment of a glycosyl-phosphatidyl-inositol anchor. An arginine-glycine-aspartate tripeptide reported for rat and human sequence is absent in the mouse. There are several potential sites for post-translational modification.
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- K Prasadan
- Warren Medical Research Institute, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City 73104
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Boevé ER, Cao LC, De Bruijn WC, Robertson WG, Romijn JC, Schröder FH. Zeta potential distribution on calcium oxalate crystal and Tamm-Horsfall protein surface analyzed with Doppler electrophoretic light scattering. J Urol 1994; 152:531-6. [PMID: 8015107 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)32788-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The zeta potential distribution (ZPD) and particle size of Tamm-Horsfall protein (THP) and of calcium oxalate monohydrate (COM) crystals were measured using a Doppler Electrophoretic Light Scattering Analysis Instrument. The studies showed differences in the ZPD pattern between THP derived from normal subjects (nTHP) and from stone patients (pTHP). Both nTHP and pTHP can shift the zeta potential of calcium oxalate crystals towards more negative values; nTHP is significantly more potent than pTHP. The zeta potential of both nTHP and pTHP becomes less negative with decreasing pH and with increasing calcium concentration or ionic strength. Tamm-Horsfall protein particle size measurements showed that nTHP particles are significantly smaller than pTHP particles. The size of both nTHP and pTHP increases with increasing calcium concentration or increasing ionic strength and with decreasing pH. The differences between nTHP and pTHP in surface charge and particle size may be based on differences in molecular structure and may cause functional differences in their ability to inhibit calcium oxalate crystal aggregation.
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- E R Boevé
- Department of Urology, Erasmus University and Academic Hospital Dijkzigt, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Yu CL, Tsai CY, Lin WM, Liao TS, Chen HL, Sun KH, Chen KH. Tamm-Horsfall urinary glycoprotein enhances monokine release and augments lymphocyte proliferation. IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY 1993; 26:249-58. [PMID: 8288446 DOI: 10.1016/0162-3109(93)90041-n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein (THG) purified from pregnancy urine was found to stimulate normal human mononuclear cell (MNC) proliferation at a concentration greater than 10 micrograms/ml. This stimulation was non-specific because the percentage of B and T cell subpopulations including CD20, CD3, CD4, CD8 and CD4/CD8 ratio was not changed by THG. THG not only bound to human mononuclear cells but depolarized the membrane potential, increased 22Na+ uptake and enhanced the expression of IL-2R and HLA-class II antigens on these cells. The concentrations of sIL-2R, sCD4 and sCD8 in the THG-stimulated MNC culture supernatants were significantly increased compared with control supernatants. In addition, overnight incubation of THG (5-50 micrograms/ml) with MNC dose-responsively enhanced the syntheses of IL-1 beta, IL-6 and TNF-alpha by monocytes, with a maximal effect at 25 micrograms/ml. This monokine releasing activity of THG could be neutralized by a specific antibody against THG. When monocytes/macrophages were depleted from mononuclear cells by incubating with lysosomotropic methyl ester of L-leucine, THG retained the capability of stimulating lymphocytes proliferation but to a lesser degree. These results suggest that urinary THG activates monocytes to synthesize large amount of monokines through its membrane effect. The released monokines subsequently stimulate lymphocytes expressing IL-2R and HLA-class II antigens and finally lead to cell proliferation.
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- C L Yu
- Department of Medicine, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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Thomas DB, Davies M, Peters JR, Williams JD. Tamm Horsfall protein binds to a single class of carbohydrate specific receptors on human neutrophils. Kidney Int 1993; 44:423-9. [PMID: 8397318 DOI: 10.1038/ki.1993.260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Several studies have implicated urinary Tamm Horsfall protein (THP) in the aetiology of tubulointerstitial inflammation. Previous research has demonstrated that particulate THP will initiate inflammatory activation of human polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) through a trypsin sensitive mechanism. The present study describes the binding of 125I-monomeric THP to human PMN at 4 degrees C and demonstrates that radiolabeled THP binds to PMN in a saturable, reversible and time dependent manner. The addition of 400 to 600 ng 125I-THP/2 x 10(6) PMN was sufficient to achieve saturable binding. Scatchard analysis of binding data yielded linear plots suggesting a single class of receptors with a mean density of 26218/cell and a dissociation constant (KD) of 4.2 x 10(-9) M. Binding reached steady state by 15 minutes and could be rapidly displaced by the addition of an excess of unlabeled THP. The KD calculated from experimentally derived kinetic rate constants (k1 and k2) was of a similar order of magnitude (0.9 x 10(-9) M) to that generated from Scatchard plots. In addition 125I-THP bound specifically to PMN plasma membrane immobilized on nitrocellulose filters, a process which could be inhibited by unlabeled monomeric THP. Chemical modification of unlabeled THP abolished its capacity to inhibit binding. Specific inhibition studies showed that N-acetylneuraminic (sialic) acid dose dependently displaced the binding of 125I-THP to immobilized PMN membranes at concentrations up to 100 mM. These results indicate that the reported activation of human PMN by THP is mediated through a single class of sialic acid-specific cell surface receptors.
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- D B Thomas
- Institute of Nephrology, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff Royal Infirmary, United Kingdom
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Rhodes DC, Hinsman EJ, Rhodes JA. Cation-induced aggregation of cat Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein and its possible role in feline urolithiasis. ZENTRALBLATT FUR VETERINARMEDIZIN. REIHE A 1993; 40:283-91. [PMID: 8342360 DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0442.1993.tb00629.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The in vitro cation-induced aggregation properties of cat Tamm-Horsfall protein (cTHP), a urinary glycoprotein, were examined and related to the potential role of cTHP in feline urolithiasis. The aggregation assay involved adding either CaCl2, MgCl2, or NaCl to solutions containing purified cTHP, and then separating the aggregated cTHP by centrifugation. The concentration of cTHP remaining in the supernatant was quantified using a previously developed enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The effect that buffer pH, cTHP concentration, and urea concentration had on cTHP aggregation also were examined. Of the three salts, CaCl2 consistently was most efficient at precipitating cTHP, while MgCl2 was slightly less efficient. At least ten times more NaCl than CaCl2 or MgCl2 was required for comparable cTHP aggregation. As the pH decreased, increasing concentrations of the salts were required to aggregate cTHP. Increased amounts of CaCl2 and MgCl2 also were required to aggregate cTHP when the urea concentration was increased. As cTHP concentration increased within the physiological range, lower concentrations of CaCl2 and MgCl2 were required to precipitate 50% of the cTHP. Several aspects of the in vitro aggregation properties of cTHP correlate closely with previously identified risk factors for feline urolithiasis, strengthening the theory that cTHP aggregation may be important in this disease.
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- D C Rhodes
- Department of Anatomy, School of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
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Hård K, Van Zadelhoff G, Moonen P, Kamerling JP, Vliegenthart FG. The Asn-linked carbohydrate chains of human Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein of one male. Novel sulfated and novel N-acetylgalactosamine-containing N-linked carbohydrate chains. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1992; 209:895-915. [PMID: 1425697 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1992.tb17362.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 248] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Human Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein has been purified from the urine of one male. The Asn-linked carbohydrate chains were enzymically released by peptide-N4-(N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminyl)asparagine amidase F, and separated from the remaining protein by gel-permeation chromatography on Bio-Gel P-100. Fractionation of the intact (sulfated) sialylated carbohydrate chains was achieved by a combination of three liquid-chromatographic techniques, namely, anion-exchange FPLC on Q-Sepharose, amine-adsorption HPLC on Lichrospher-NH2, and high-pH anion-exchange chromatography on CarboPac PA1. In total, more than 150 carbohydrate-containing fractions were obtained, some of which still contained mixtures of oligosaccharides. The primary structure of 30 N-glycans, including 10 novel oligosaccharides, were determined by one- and two-dimensional 1H-NMR spectroscopy at 500 MHz or 600 MHz. The types of compounds identified range from non-fucosylated, monosialylated, diantennary to fucosylated, tetrasialylated, tetraantennary carbohydrate chains, possessing the following terminal structural elements: [formula: see text]
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- K Hård
- Bijvoet Center, Department of Bio-Organic Chemistry, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
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Yu CL, Lin WM, Liao TS, Tsai CY, Sun KH, Chen KH. Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein (THG) purified from normal human pregnancy urine increases phagocytosis, complement receptor expressions and arachidonic acid metabolism of polymorphonuclear neutrophils. IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY 1992; 24:181-90. [PMID: 1478853 DOI: 10.1016/0162-3109(92)90074-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein (THG) purified from normal human pregnancy urine was found to increase polymorphonuclear neutrophil (PMN) phagocytosis (46.57 +/- 3.54% in the medium versus 75.85 +/- 5.37% in the presence of 25 micrograms/ml THG) after 30 min preincubation. The phagocytosis-enhancing activity of THG was dose-dependent (5-50 micrograms/ml) and was possibly mediated by the increased expressions of complement receptor type 1 (CR1) and type 3 (CR3) on the neutrophils. The release of [3H]arachidonic acid and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), but not thromboxane B2 (TXB2), from neutrophils were also significantly enhanced by THG. Using 3,3'-dihexyloxacarbocyanine iodide as indicator, THG (25 micrograms/ml) depolarized the membrane potential of PMN after 30 min preincubation. In addition, THG exhibited a specific membranotropic effect with PMN. It is conceivable that THG binds to the cell surface and depolarizes the membrane potential of PMN which subsequently enhances the release of arachidonic acid metabolites and the translocation of the complement receptors to the membrane. These biochemical events lead to the increment of PMN phagocytosis and suggests that THG may play an important role in the defense mechanisms of the urinary tract in that a large amount of THG is usually present.
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- C L Yu
- Department of Medicine, Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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Rhodes DC, Hinsman EJ, Rhodes JA, Hawkins EC. Urinary Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein concentrations in normal and urolithiasis-affected male cats determined by an ELISA. ZENTRALBLATT FUR VETERINARMEDIZIN. REIHE A 1992; 39:621-34. [PMID: 1455930 DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0442.1992.tb00226.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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A precise and reproducible enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) which measures urinary cat Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein (cTHP) was developed in order to investigate the possible role of cTHP in the pathogenesis of feline urolithiasis. Reproducible quantification required that the cTHP be disaggregated with 2M urea and 0.05% Tween 20. It was necessary to standardize rigidly the handling of the samples prior to analysis, since the apparent cTHP concentration varied depending on the preanalysis protocols. Using the sample handling protocol of freezing urine at -70 degrees C before dialysis, urinary cTHP was quantified in male cats with no history of urolithiasis ("normal" cats) and in male cats with a history of urolith formation ("urolithiasis" cats). The mean cTHP concentration in adult, male "normal" cats of 49.2 +/- 35.5 micrograms/ml (N = 23) was significantly lower than the mean cTHP concentration of 95.4 +/- 34.1 micrograms/ml (N = 9) in "urolithiasis" cats (p < 0.01, Students' T-test). These findings indicate a correlation between urolithiasis and high urine cTHP concentrations in male cats which warrants further investigation.
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- D C Rhodes
- Department of Anatomy, School of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
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Various monosaccharides and oligosaccharides were used to define the specificity of the Butea frondosa lectin using the hapten inhibition technique of human erythrocyte agglutination. Although B. frondosa lectin exhibited higher affinity for N-acetylgalactosamine, lactose and N-acetyllactosamine appeared to be relatively good inhibitors of haemagglutination. The behaviour of N-acetyllactosamine-type oligosaccharides and glycopeptides on a column of B. frondosa lectin immobilized on Sepharose 4B showed that the sugar-binding specificity of the lectin is directed towards unmasked N-acetyllactosamine sequences. Substitution of these N-acetyllactosamine sequences by sialic acid residues completely abolished the affinity of the lectin for the saccharides. The presence of one or several alpha Fuc(1-3)GlcNAc groups completely inhibited the interaction between the glycopeptides and the lectin. Substitution of the core beta-mannose residue by an additional bisecting beta(1-4)GlcNAc residue decreases the affinity of the lectin for these structures as compared with the unsubstituted ones.
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- A Ayouba
- Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire, Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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Reinhart HH, Sobel JD. The role of Tamm-Horsfall protein in the pathogenesis of urinary tract infection. Int Urogynecol J 1992. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00454999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Dall'Olio F, Chiricolo M, Malagolini N, Franceschi C, Serafini-Cessi F. Immunosuppressive activity of Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein oligosaccharides: effect of removal of outer sugars and conjugation with a protein carrier. Cell Immunol 1991; 137:303-15. [PMID: 1832584 DOI: 10.1016/0008-8749(91)90081-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Tamm-Horsfall (TH) glycoprotein, the major protein of human urine, is, in vitro, a powerful immunosuppressive agent and the activity resides in its oligosaccharide chains. In this study we investigated structural features required for the inhibitory activity of TH glycoprotein oligosaccharides in the one-way mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR). We found that both high-mannose and complex-type TH glycopeptides, fractionated from Pronase-digested TH glycoprotein, behaved as inhibitors. Sequential exoglycosidase digestion of complex-type TH glycopeptide results in a slight increase of the inhibitory activity, with a maximum after desialylation and beta-galactosidase treatment. These results suggest that the immunosuppressive activity resides in the central portion of TH glycoprotein N-linked oligosaccharides. The conjugation of complex-type TH glycopeptides to a protein carrier, such as bovine serum albumin, greatly enhanced the inhibitory activity. This effect occurred if the TH-glycopeptide conjugate was added to MLR within the first 24 hr. These results indicate that (i) the immunosuppressive activity is strongly dependent on a multivalent interaction between TH oligosaccharides and ligand(s) at the lymphocyte surface; (ii) an early step of cell-cell recognition is the target of the immunosuppressive conjugate; (iii) TH oligosaccharides compete with a carbohydrate recognition system between effector and stimulator cells which contributes to the MLR-induced blastogenesis.
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- F Dall'Olio
- Dipartimento di Patologia Sperimentale dell'Università di Bologna, Italy
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Smagula RM, Van Halbeek H, Decker JM, Muchmore AV, Moody CE, Sherblom AP. Pregnancy-associated changes in oligomannose oligosaccharides of human and bovine uromodulin (Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein). Glycoconj J 1990; 7:609-24. [PMID: 2136357 DOI: 10.1007/bf01189081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The urinary glycoprotein uromodulin (Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein) exhibits a pregnancy-associated ability to inhibit antigen-specific T cell proliferation, and the activity is associated with a carbohydrate moiety [Muchmore and Decker (1985) Science 229:479-81; Hession et al., (1987) Science 237:1479-84; Muchmore, Shifrin and Decker (1987) J Immunol 138:2547-53]. We report here that the Man6(7)GlcNAc2-R glycopeptides derived from uromodulin inhibit antigen-specific T cell proliferation by 50% at 0.2-2 microM, and further studies, reported elsewhere, confirm that oligomannose glycopeptides from other sources are also inhibitory, with Man9GlcNAc2-R the most inhibitory of those tested [Muchmore et al., J Leukocyte Biol (in press)]. In this work, we have extended the observation of pregnancy-associated inhibitory activity to a second species, and have compared the oligomannose profile of Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein (nonpregnant) with that of uromodulin (pregnant) derived from both human and bovine sources. Surprisingly, there was a pregnancy-associated decrease in the total content of oligomannose chains due predominantly to a reduction in Man5GlcNAc2-R and Man6GlcNAc2-R. Man7GlcNAc2-R, which did not decrease with pregnancy, comprised a significantly greater proportion of the total oligomannose chains in pregnant vs. nonpregnant samples from both species (human; 34.6% vs. 25.9%: bovine; 14.4% vs. 7.2%).
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- R M Smagula
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Maine, Orono 04469
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Dall'Olio F, Malagolini N, Di Stefano G, Ciambella M, Serafini-Cessi F. Postnatal development of rat colon epithelial cells is associated with changes in the expression of the beta 1,4-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase involved in the synthesis of Sda antigen of alpha 2,6-sialyltransferase activity towards N-acetyl-lactosamine. Biochem J 1990; 270:519-24. [PMID: 2119176 PMCID: PMC1131753 DOI: 10.1042/bj2700519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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beta 1,4-N-Acetylgalactosaminyltransferase (beta 1,4GalNAc-transferase) and alpha 2,3-sialyltransferase are both involved in the biosynthesis of the Sda blood group antigen, which is also present in cells of large intestine. The expression of these enzymes and of alpha 2,6-sialyltransferase activity towards N-acetyl-lactosamine was investigated in rat intestinal cells and correlated with both cell differentiation and extent of postnatal maturation. The beta 1,4GalNAc-transferase activity was exclusively found in epithelial cells of the large intestine, preferentially in the proximal segments suggesting a proximal-distal gradient of expression. The beta 1,4GalNAc-transferase and alpha 2,3-sialyltransferase activity towards N-acetyl-lactosamine were expressed in all cell fractions of the colonic crypt, with a maximum activity in the deeply located cells; therefore Sda antigen biosynthesis appears to occur preferentially at a specific stage of cell differentiation. By using N-acetyl-lactosamine as an acceptor, the predominant sialyltransferase in the colon cells was that capable of adding sialic acid in the alpha 2,3- linkage, whereas in the ileum cells the major enzyme was that forming the alpha 2,6-isomer. There were dramatic changes in the expression of colonic beta 1,4GalNac-transferase and of alpha 2,6-sialyltransferase activity towards N-acetyl-lactosamine during postnatal maturation. The former enzyme, practically absent at birth, increased slowly in the first days of life and then rapidly after weaning; by contrast, the latter enzyme was largely expressed only in newborn animals. As the colonic alpha 2,3-sialyltransferase activity towards N-acetyl-lactosamine did not change during the postnatal period, the ratio between the alpha 2,6- and alpha 2,3-sialyltransferase activities was reversed after weaning.
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- F Dall'Olio
- Dipartimento di Patologia Sperimentale dell'Università di Bologna, Italy
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Isolation and structures of glycoprotein-derived free sialooligosaccharides from the unfertilized eggs of Tribolodon hakonensis, a dace. J Biol Chem 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)51498-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Dall'Olio F, de Kanter FJ, van den Eijnden DH, Serafini-Cessi F. Structural analysis of the preponderant high-mannose oligosaccharide of human Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein. Carbohydr Res 1988; 178:327-32. [PMID: 3191514 DOI: 10.1016/0008-6215(88)80123-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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- F Dall'Olio
- Istituto di Patologia generale dell'Università di Bologna, Italy
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Sherblom AP, Decker JM, Muchmore AV. The lectin-like interaction between recombinant tumor necrosis factor and uromodulin. J Biol Chem 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)60733-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Dall'Olio F, Malagolini N, Serafini-Cessi F. Tissue distribution and age-dependent expression of beta-4-N-acetylgalactosaminyl-transferase in guinea-pig. Biosci Rep 1987; 7:925-32. [PMID: 3134958 DOI: 10.1007/bf01122125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Guinea-pig kidney contains a beta-4-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase which may be involved in the biosynthesis of the Sda determinant expressed on Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein. In the present study we show that this enzyme is expressed far more in the medulla than in the cortex of the kidney and that, among the other organs tested, is expressed only in colon and caecum. This transferase is ontogenically regulated, in that its activity is low at birth and increases as a function of age. From several aspects, the tissue distribution and the ontogenic expression of beta-4-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase and Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein are similar.
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- F Dall'Olio
- Dipartimento di Patologia Sperimentale, Università di Bologna, Italy
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Dorland L, van Halbeek H, Vliegenthart JF, Schauer R, Wiegandt H. A 500-MHz 1H-n.m.r. study of oligosaccharides derived from gangliosides by ozonolysis-alkaline fragmentation. Carbohydr Res 1986; 151:233-45. [PMID: 3768891 DOI: 10.1016/s0008-6215(00)90344-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The structural-reporter-group resonances in the 1H-n.m.r. spectra of a series of ganglioside-derived oligosaccharides are completely assigned. The three different types of sialic acid residues which may occur in these compounds could be adequately characterized. They are distinguishable on the basis of the set of chemical shifts of their H-3a and H-3e atoms. The mutual influence of GalNAc beta-(1----4) and Neu5Ac alpha-(2----3), both linked to the same Gal residue, on the 1H-n.m.r. parameters of each other, reflects a well-defined solution conformation, which is held to be responsible for the resistance of this "internal" sialic acid towards various sialidases.
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Serafini-Cessi F, Dall'Olio F, Malagolini N. Characterization of N-acetyl-beta-D-galactosaminyltransferase from guinea-pig kidney involved in the biosynthesis of Sda antigen associated with Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein. Carbohydr Res 1986; 151:65-76. [PMID: 3094940 DOI: 10.1016/s0008-6215(00)90330-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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This study reports the catalytic activity of N-acetyl-beta-D-galactosaminyltransferase from guinea-pig kidney towards such non-glycoprotein acceptors as small oligosaccharides and glycolipids, having a carbohydrate structure similar to that of the Sda antigen associated with human Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein. 3'-O-Sialyllactose, but not 6'-O-sialyllactose or lactose, was an effective acceptor of the glycosyltransferase. On the basis of enzymic and chemical treatment of the tetrasaccharide obtained by the transfer of [14C]GalNAc to 3'-O-sialyllactose, we propose that the glycosyltransferase attaches beta-D-GalNAc to O-4 of the galactose residue that is substituted at O-3 by sialic acid. The GM3 ganglioside, in which the identical carbohydrate moiety of 3'-O-sialyllactose is bound to a ceramide residue, did not serve as an acceptor of the kidney-N-acetyl-beta-D-galactosaminyltransferase and did not behave as a competitive inhibitor of the Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein in the transferase assay. These results indicate that the hydrophobic moiety in the ganglioside hinders the action of N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase. Study of the transferase activity towards a heterogeneous glycopeptide species prepared from a Sd(a-) Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein indicated that guinea-pig kidney enzyme preferentially transferred [14C]GalNAc to the oligosaccharides having a tetraantennary branching-structure.
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Donald AS, Feeney J. Oligosaccharides obtained from a blood-group-Sd(a+) Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein. An n.m.r. study. Biochem J 1986; 236:821-8. [PMID: 3098239 PMCID: PMC1146915 DOI: 10.1042/bj2360821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Treatment of Tamm-Horsfall urinary glycoprotein with Bacteroides fragilis endo-beta-galactosidase over a range of enzyme concentrations, pH and temperature resulted in the release of a small but constant proportion of the terminal sugars, which indicates the presence in the glycoprotein of relatively few enzyme-susceptible -GlcNAc beta 1-3Gal beta 1-4GlcNAc- units. Three oligosaccharides were isolated from the enzyme digest and characterized as Gal beta 1-4GlcNAc beta 1-3Gal, NeuAc alpha 2-3Gal beta 1-4 GlcNAc beta 1-3Gal and GalNAc beta 1-4(NeuAc alpha 2-3)Gal beta 1-4GlcNAc beta 1-3Gal by methylation analysis and exo-glycosidase digestion. The alditols of these oligosaccharides and related structures were examined by 500 MHz 1H-n.m.r. spectroscopy aided by spin-spin decoupling and two-dimensional correlated spectroscopy. An almost complete assignment of proton shifts was possible, and significant differences between the signals of some of the protons in the blood-group-Sda-active oligosaccharide III and literature values for the corresponding signals in the structurally related Cad-blood-group determinant are noted.
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Nasir-Ud-Din, Jeanloz RW, Lamblin G, Roussel P, van Halbeek H, Mutsaers JH, Vliegenthart JF. Structure of sialyloligosaccharides isolated from bonnet monkey (Macaca radiata) cervical mucus glycoproteins exhibiting multiple blood group activities. J Biol Chem 1986. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)35887-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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