Carbohydrate structures of recombinant soluble human CD4 expressed in Chinese hamster ovary cells.
Carbohydrate structures of recombinant soluble human CD4 expressed in Chinese hamster ovary cells.
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中国仓鼠卵巢细胞表达的重组可溶性人 CD4 的碳水化合物结构。
DOI:
10.1021/bi00223a015
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发表时间:
1991
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影响因子:
2.9
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vanHalbeek,H
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作者:
Spellman,MW;Leonard,CK;Basa,LJ;Gelineo,I;vanHalbeek,H
Infection of T-lymphocytes and macrophages by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is mediated by the binding of the HIV envelope glycoprotein to the cell-surface receptor glycoprotein CD4. A soluble, recombinant CD4 molecule (rCD4), produced by expression of a truncated CD4 gene in Chinese hámster ovafy (CHO) cells [Smith et al.(1987) Science 238, 1704-1707], is in clinical trials as a potential therapeutic agent in the treatment of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). In the present study, the structures of the Asn-linked oligosaccharides of soluble rCD4 have been elucidated. The rCD4 molecule has two potential sites for N-glycosylation, Asn-271 and Asn-300. Tryptic glycopeptides containing either of the sites were purified by reversed-phase HPLC, and their oligosaccharides were released enzymatically. The structures of the oligosaccharides were determined by methylation analysis, high-pH anion-exchange chromatography, fast-atom bombardment mass spectrometry, and NMR spectroscopy at 500 MHz. Asn-271 was found to carry diantennary 7V-acetyllactosamine-type (“complex”) oligosaccharides, of which 8% were asíalo, 55% were monosialyl, and 37% were disialyl. Approximately 18% of these structures contained fucose «(1—*-6) linked to the reducing GlcNAc residue. Two different hybrid structures were found to account for 34% of the oligosaccharides attached to Asn-300. The remainder of the oligosaccharides attáched to Asn-300 were diántennary N-acetyllactosamine-type, of which 10% were asíalo, 61% were monósialyl, and 29% were disiályl. Approximately 9% of the hybrid structures and 40% of the N-acetyllactosamine structures at Asn-300 were found to contain fucose a (l-* 6) linked to the innermost GlcNAc residue.^-Lymphocytes are divided into two major classes, which are distinguished by the Cell-surface glycoproteins CD41 and CD8 (Reinherz et al., 1980; Fitch, 1985). the glycoproteins CD4 and CD8 play a role in the recognition of MHC antigens. In general, CD4-positive T-cells interactwith cells of the immune system that bear class II MHC antigens on their surfaces (Swain, 1983). The CD4 molecule has also been shown to play a key role in thb infection of CD4-positive T-cells by HIV. The envelope glycoprotein of HIV, gpl 20, binds with high affinity to CD4 (McDougal et al., 1986), and this binding is believed to mediate entry of the virus into CD4-positive cells (Maddon et al., 1986). Antibodies to CD4 have been shown to be capable of blocking HIV infection and syncytium formation in vitro (Dalgleish et al., 1984; Klatztnann et al., 1984; McDougal et al., 1985).