Absence of lactobacilli containing glycolipids with the α-galactose epitope and the enhanced fucosylation of a receptor glycolipid GA1 in the digestive tracts of immune-deficient scid mice.
Absence of lactobacilli containing glycolipids with the α-galactose epitope and the enhanced fucosylation of a receptor glycolipid GA1 in the digestive tracts of immune-deficient scid mice.
复制标题
免疫缺陷 scid 小鼠消化道中不存在含有具有 α-半乳糖表位的糖脂的乳杆菌,并且受体糖脂 GA1 的岩藻糖基化增强。
作者:
Iwamori M;Tanaka K;Adachi S;Aoki D;Nomura T.
The Lactobacillus species in the digestive tracts of immune-deficient scid mice was distinct from that in control mice,i.e. Lactobacillus murinusin scid andL. johnsoniiin control mice, according to their 16S-rRNA, indicating that a symbiotic relationship between lactobacilli and a host is established under pressure from the immune system. The caecal and colonal contents rich inL. murinusof scid mice were loose with a strong sour smell, resulting in diarrhoea, and those withL. johnsoniiin control mice included abundant solid materials. Lactobacillus glycolipids were revealed to be recognized by the immune system, and by TLC-immunostaining, LacTetH-DG (Galα1-6Galα1-6Galα1-2Glcα1-3’DG) ofL. johnsoniiwas detected in the stomach, caecum and colon of control mice, but not in those of scid ones, in which fucosylation of a receptor GA1 forL. johnsoniiwas enhanced more than 4-fold compared with in the control mice. Thus, structural modification of receptor glycolipids was revealed to occur in the process of establishment of a symbiotic relationship between lactobacilli and a host. LacTetH-DG was also immunogenic to human, because of the presence of natural antibodies against it, and the antibody binding to it was comparable to that of blood group- and species-related glycosphingolipids.