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Dolichol-bound oligosaccharides and the transfer of distal monosaccharides in the synthesis of glycoproteins by normal and tumor mammary epithelial cells
Authors:Armando J. Parodi Ph.D.  Edward W. Blank M.A.  Jerry A. Peterson Ph.D.  Roberto L. Ceriani M.D.   Ph.D.
Affiliation:(1) Bruce Lyon Memorial Research Laboratory, Children's Hospital Medical Center, 51st and Grove Streets, Oakland, California, USA;(2) Department of Microbiology, The Wellcome Research Laboratories, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
Abstract:
Summary The main dolichol diphosphate-bound oligosaccharides present in primary cultures of both normal and tumor mouse mammary epithelial cells had the same size, yielded the same pattern after acetolysis and paper chromatography, had the same number of mannose residues susceptible toagr-mannosidase degradation, and were composed of the same monosaccharide residues. This is the first demonstration that normal and tumor mammary cells have dolichol diphosphate-bound oligosaccharides with very similar, if not identical, structures. These compounds are intermediates in the synthesis of asparagine-linked oligosaccharides. On the other hand, normal and tumor cells showed differences in the specific activities of the enzymes involved in the transfer of the distal monosaccharides from the sugar nucleotides to glycoproteins. Sialyl- and fucosyl-transferases were elevated and galactosyl- and N-acetylglucosaminyltransferases were diminished in mammary tumor cells. The intact tumor cells showed an increased fucosylation of glycoproteins of the asparagine-linkage type.Address for reprints: Roberto L. Ceriani, M.D., Ph.D., Bruce Lyon Memorial Research Laboratory, Children's Hospital Medical Center, 51st and Grove Streets, Oakland, CA 94609, USA.
Keywords:dolichol diphosphate-bound oligosaccharides  glycosyltransferases  mammary gland tumors
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