On the use of cholera toxin
On the use of cholera toxin
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DOI:
10.1007/s10719-018-9818-7
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发表时间:
2018-04-01
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3
通讯作者:
Sonnino, Sandro
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作者:
Chiricozzi, Elena;Mauri, Laura;Sonnino, Sandro
Then, CT derivatives and anti-CT antibodies for analytical immunostaining were rapidly developed for analytical purposes. Today immune-absorbent-, ELISA-and TLC-procedures, are available for detection and quantitation of the ganglioside GM1 through CT binding. In addition, sialidase treatment on TLC plate after separation allows analysis of several ganglioside mixture components [3–6]. In the following years, additional studies reported that other glycolipids were recognized by CT, such as tetrahexosylceramide (Gg4Cer), GM2, GM3, Fuc-GM1, GD1a, GD1b GT1b and extended GM1 [7–10]. The binding constant to CT was in general much higher with exception of Fuc-GM1 displaying a Kb similar to that for GM1 [11].Complex lipopolysaccharides [12] and glycoproteins [13] have been found also to bind CT with similar binding constants. Recently, a partially characterized fucosylated and sialylated glycoprotein extracted from intestinal epithelial cells resulted the cell surface ligand with the highest affinity for CT [14, 15]. In addition to these observations, the association of CT to glycans, as in the case of the association of any ligand with its receptor, depends by the crypticity (availability) of the ligand itself on the surface. Table 1 reports the reactivity of CT for different glycans and glycoconjugates. All together, the above information suggests that CT can bind to a variety of glycoconjugates carrying a glycan showing the minimum structural requirement necessary for the recognition and stable interaction.