Kawar Ziad S, Johnson Thomas K, Natunen Suvi, Lowe John B, Cummings Richard D
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA.
Glycobiology. 2008 Jun;18(6):441-6. doi: 10.1093/glycob/cwn020. Epub 2008 Feb 29.
Leukocyte trafficking involves specific recognition between P-selectin and L-selectin and PSGL-1 containing core 2-based O-glycans expressing sialyl Lewis x (SLe(x)) antigen. However, the structural identity of the glycan component(s) displayed by murine neutrophil PSGL-1 that contributes to its P-selectin counter-receptor activity has been uncertain, since these cells express little if any SLe(x) antigen, and because there have been no direct studies to examine murine PSGL-1 glycosylation. To address this uncertainty, we studied PSGL-1 glycosylation in the murine cell line WEHI-3 using metabolic-radiolabeling with (3)H-monosaccharide precursors to detect low-abundance O-glycan structures. We report that PSGL-1 from WEHI-3 cells expresses a di-sialylated core 2 O-glycan containing the SLe(x) antigen. This fucosylated O-glycan is scarce on PSGL-1 and essentially undetectable in total leukocyte glycoproteins from WEHI-3 cells. These results demonstrate that WEHI-3 cells selectively fucosylate PSGL-1 to generate functionally important core 2-based O-glycans containing the SLe(x) antigen.
白细胞运输涉及P-选择素与L-选择素以及含有表达唾液酸化路易斯x(SLe(x))抗原的基于核心2的O-聚糖的PSGL-1之间的特异性识别。然而,小鼠中性粒细胞PSGL-1所展示的有助于其P-选择素反受体活性的聚糖成分的结构特性一直不确定,因为这些细胞几乎不表达(如果有表达的话)SLe(x)抗原,而且也没有直接研究来检测小鼠PSGL-1的糖基化。为了解决这种不确定性,我们使用(3)H-单糖前体进行代谢放射性标记,在小鼠细胞系WEHI-3中研究PSGL-1的糖基化,以检测低丰度的O-聚糖结构。我们报告称,来自WEHI-3细胞的PSGL-1表达一种含有SLe(x)抗原的二唾液酸化核心2 O-聚糖。这种岩藻糖基化的O-聚糖在PSGL-1上很少见,在来自WEHI-3细胞的总白细胞糖蛋白中基本检测不到。这些结果表明,WEHI-3细胞选择性地对PSGL-1进行岩藻糖基化,以生成含有SLe(x)抗原的具有功能重要性的基于核心2的O-聚糖。