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14679205

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-3-1
pubmed:abstractText
Glycodelin, previously known as PP14 (placental protein-14), is a kernel lipocalin secreted by the glandular epithelium of the endometrium upon progesterone stimulation and by the seminal vesicles. The isoform of the protein present in female reproductive tissue, glycodelin A (GdA), and the male counterpart, glycodelin S (GdS), have identical amino acid sequences, but strikingly different N-linked glycans. It is well documented in literature that GdA is an immunosuppressive protein, and we have shown that this activity is due to its ability to induce apoptosis in activated T cells. The precise role of GdS in seminal plasma is not known. In this study, we report that GdS is not apoptotically active. We observe that the apoptotic activity requires the presence of sialic acid residues on the complex glycans, as in the case of GdA; however, complex glycans of GdS are non-sialylated. We have expressed the wild-type protein in Pichia pastoris, which does not add sialic acid to the secreted proteins, and confirmed our observations that the protein is apoptotically inactive in the non-sialylated form. Our results indicate that differential glycosylation modulates the function of the different glycodelin isoforms.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
5
pubmed:volume
279
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
8577-84
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Glycodelin A, not glycodelin S, is apoptotically active. Relevance of sialic acid modification.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't