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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-1-14
pubmed:abstractText
Conventionally bred rats possess in their sera an NA which has a cytotoxic effect on a tumor cell line (KMT-17) derived from a fibrosarcoma induced by 3-methylcholanthrene and which can be absorbed by normal rat tissues. We have succeeded in purifying a glycosphingolipid as an antigen reactive to NA. GSLs isolated from the tumor cells were separated into neutral and acidic fractions. The former fraction was judged to be antigenic as detected by its capacity to absorb NA. The antigenic fraction was further separated into 7 fractions (Frs. A to G) by silicic acid chromatography. The antigenic activity was detected in only Frs.D and E, although Fr.D was a more potent antigen than Fr.E. Chemical and immunochemical analyses showed that both fractions are composed of lactoneotetraglycosyl ceramide (paragloboside), Gal(beta 1-4)GlcNAc(beta 1-3)Gal(beta 1-4)Glc(beta 1-1)ceramide, and that the more active GSL, Fr.D, contains larger amounts of long fatty-acid chains. Inhibition studies using disaccharides and monosaccharides indicated that a N-acetyllactosamine moiety, Gal(beta 1-4)GlcNAc, of the GSL is a specific site of NA. These results suggest that paragloboside is an NA antigen and that a sugar chain portion of this GSL is required for defining specificity while the ceramide portion plays a role in potentiating the antigenicity of this GSL antigen for NA.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0020-7136
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
36
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
695-700
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-7-24
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Recognition by a natural cytotoxic antibody of lactoneotetraglycosyl ceramide as an antigenic molecule in a syngeneic rat fibrosarcoma.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't