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. 1985 Apr 15;227(2):345–354. doi: 10.1042/bj2270345

Carbohydrate-structure-dependent recognition of desialylated serum glycoproteins in the liver and leucocytes. Two complementary systems.

K Bezouska, O Táborský, J Kubrycht, M Pospísil, J Kocourek
PMCID: PMC1144852  PMID: 4004770

Abstract

Oligosaccharides with four different types of branching were prepared from purified human transferrin, alpha 2-macroglobulin, caeruloplasmin and alpha 1-acid glycoprotein and labelled with NaBH3 3H. Binding of these oligosaccharides to rat liver plasma membrane, rat leucocytes, pig liver plasma membranes and pig leucocyte plasma membranes was investigated. A striking dependence of binding on oligosaccharide branching was observed. The values of apparent association constants Ka at 4 degrees C vary from 10(6) M-1 (biantennary structure) to 10(9) M-1 (tetra-antennary structure) in the liver, whereas in the leucocytes the Ka values were found to be of reversed order, from 1.8 X 10(9) M-1 for biantennary to 2.2 X 10(6) M-1 for tetra-antennary structures. The binding is completely inhibited by 150 mM-D-galactose, but 150 mM-D-mannose has almost no effect on binding. Leucocyte plasma membranes bind preferentially 125I-asialoglycoproteins with biantennary oligosaccharides, thus completing the specificity pattern of the hepatic recognition system for desialylated glycoproteins. Possible physiological roles of these two complementary recognition systems under normal and pathological conditions are discussed.

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