scholarly journals Recombinant Miltenberger I and II human blood group antigens: the role of glycosylation in cell surface expression and antigenicity of glycophorin A

Blood ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 82 (6) ◽  
pp. 1913-1920 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Ugorski ◽  
DP Blackall ◽  
P Pahlsson ◽  
SH Shakin-Eshleman ◽  
J Moore ◽  
...  

Glycophorin A is a heavily glycosylated glycoprotein (1 N-linked and 15 O-linked oligosaccharides) and is highly expressed on the surface of human red blood cells. It is important in transfusion medicine because it carries several clinically relevant human blood group antigens. To study further the role of glycosylation in surface expression of this protein, four mutations were separately introduced into glycophorin A cDNA by site-directed mutagenesis. Each of these mutations blocks N- linked glycosylation at Asn26 of this glycoprotein by affecting the Asn- X-Ser/Thr acceptor sequence. Two of these mutations are identical to the amino acid polymorphisms found at position 28 in the Mi.I and Mi.II Miltenberger blood group antigens. The mutated recombinant glycoproteins were expressed in transfected wild-type and glycosylation- deficient Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. When expressed in wild- type CHO cells and analyzed on Western blots, each of the four mutants had a faster electrophoretic mobility than wild-type glycophorin A, corresponding to a difference of approximately 4 Kd. This change is consistent with the absence of the N-linked oligosaccharide at Asn26. Each of the four mutants was highly expressed on the surface of CHO cells, confirming that, in the presence of normal O-linked glycosylation, the N-linked oligosaccharide is not necessary for cell surface expression of this glycoprotein. To examine the role of O- linked glycosylation in this process, the Mi.I mutant cDNA was transfected into the IdlD glycosylation-deficient CHO cell line. When the transfected IdlD cells were cultured in the presence of N- acetylgalactosamine alone, only intermediate levels of cell surface expression were seen for Mi.I mutant glycophorin A containing truncated O-linked oligosaccharides. In contrast, when cultured in the presence of galactose alone, or in the absence of both galactose and N- acetylgalactosamine, Mi.I mutant glycophorin A lacking both N-linked and O-linked oligosaccharides was not expressed at the cell surface. This extends previous results (Remaley et al, J Biol Chem 266:24176, 1991) showing that, in the absence of O-linked glycosylation, some types of N-linked glycosylation can support cell surface expression of glycophorin A. The glycophorin A mutants were also used for serologic testing with defined human antisera. These studies showed that the recombinant Mi.I and Mi.II glycoproteins appropriately bound anti-Vw and anti-Hut, respectively. They also demonstrated that these antibodies recognized the amino acid polymorphisms encoded by Mi.I and Mi.II rather than cryptic peptide antigens uncovered by the lack of N- linked glycosylation.

Blood ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 82 (6) ◽  
pp. 1913-1920 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Ugorski ◽  
DP Blackall ◽  
P Pahlsson ◽  
SH Shakin-Eshleman ◽  
J Moore ◽  
...  

Abstract Glycophorin A is a heavily glycosylated glycoprotein (1 N-linked and 15 O-linked oligosaccharides) and is highly expressed on the surface of human red blood cells. It is important in transfusion medicine because it carries several clinically relevant human blood group antigens. To study further the role of glycosylation in surface expression of this protein, four mutations were separately introduced into glycophorin A cDNA by site-directed mutagenesis. Each of these mutations blocks N- linked glycosylation at Asn26 of this glycoprotein by affecting the Asn- X-Ser/Thr acceptor sequence. Two of these mutations are identical to the amino acid polymorphisms found at position 28 in the Mi.I and Mi.II Miltenberger blood group antigens. The mutated recombinant glycoproteins were expressed in transfected wild-type and glycosylation- deficient Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. When expressed in wild- type CHO cells and analyzed on Western blots, each of the four mutants had a faster electrophoretic mobility than wild-type glycophorin A, corresponding to a difference of approximately 4 Kd. This change is consistent with the absence of the N-linked oligosaccharide at Asn26. Each of the four mutants was highly expressed on the surface of CHO cells, confirming that, in the presence of normal O-linked glycosylation, the N-linked oligosaccharide is not necessary for cell surface expression of this glycoprotein. To examine the role of O- linked glycosylation in this process, the Mi.I mutant cDNA was transfected into the IdlD glycosylation-deficient CHO cell line. When the transfected IdlD cells were cultured in the presence of N- acetylgalactosamine alone, only intermediate levels of cell surface expression were seen for Mi.I mutant glycophorin A containing truncated O-linked oligosaccharides. In contrast, when cultured in the presence of galactose alone, or in the absence of both galactose and N- acetylgalactosamine, Mi.I mutant glycophorin A lacking both N-linked and O-linked oligosaccharides was not expressed at the cell surface. This extends previous results (Remaley et al, J Biol Chem 266:24176, 1991) showing that, in the absence of O-linked glycosylation, some types of N-linked glycosylation can support cell surface expression of glycophorin A. The glycophorin A mutants were also used for serologic testing with defined human antisera. These studies showed that the recombinant Mi.I and Mi.II glycoproteins appropriately bound anti-Vw and anti-Hut, respectively. They also demonstrated that these antibodies recognized the amino acid polymorphisms encoded by Mi.I and Mi.II rather than cryptic peptide antigens uncovered by the lack of N- linked glycosylation.


1988 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 3357-3363
Author(s):  
K F Kozarsky ◽  
S M Call ◽  
S K Dower ◽  
M Krieger

The synthesis and intracellular sorting of the interleukin-2 (IL-2) receptor were studied with a line of mutant Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells with a reversible defect in protein O glycosylation. Under normal culture conditions the mutant ldlD cannot add N-acetylgalactosamine (Ga1NAc) to proteins. Ga1NAc is the first sugar of mucin-type O-linked oligosaccharides attached to protein. This O-glycosylation defect is rapidly corrected when Ga1NAc is added to the culture mediu. An expression vector for the p55 human IL-2 receptor was transfected into wild-type CHO and ldlD cells and the structure, stability, and cell surface expression of the receptor were examined by immunoprecipitation and antibody-binding assays. Essentially all of the mature form of the normally glycosylated IL-2 receptor in both wild-type CHO cells and ldlD cells incubated with Ga1NAc was expressed on the cell surface. The stability of O-linked carbohydrate-deficient (Od) IL-2 receptors (in ldlD cells without Ga1NAc) was normal; however, missorting of the Od receptors resulted in very little cell surface expression. The sialidase sensitivity and endoglycosidase H resistance of mature Od IL-2 receptors suggest that Od receptor missorting occurred in or beyond the trans Golgi apparatus. The abnormal sorting of the Od IL-2 receptor is compared with the O-glycosylation dependence of the surface expression and stability of the low-density lipoprotein receptor, decay-accelerating factor, and the major antigen envelope protein of Epstein-Barr virus.


1988 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 3357-3363 ◽  
Author(s):  
K F Kozarsky ◽  
S M Call ◽  
S K Dower ◽  
M Krieger

The synthesis and intracellular sorting of the interleukin-2 (IL-2) receptor were studied with a line of mutant Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells with a reversible defect in protein O glycosylation. Under normal culture conditions the mutant ldlD cannot add N-acetylgalactosamine (Ga1NAc) to proteins. Ga1NAc is the first sugar of mucin-type O-linked oligosaccharides attached to protein. This O-glycosylation defect is rapidly corrected when Ga1NAc is added to the culture mediu. An expression vector for the p55 human IL-2 receptor was transfected into wild-type CHO and ldlD cells and the structure, stability, and cell surface expression of the receptor were examined by immunoprecipitation and antibody-binding assays. Essentially all of the mature form of the normally glycosylated IL-2 receptor in both wild-type CHO cells and ldlD cells incubated with Ga1NAc was expressed on the cell surface. The stability of O-linked carbohydrate-deficient (Od) IL-2 receptors (in ldlD cells without Ga1NAc) was normal; however, missorting of the Od receptors resulted in very little cell surface expression. The sialidase sensitivity and endoglycosidase H resistance of mature Od IL-2 receptors suggest that Od receptor missorting occurred in or beyond the trans Golgi apparatus. The abnormal sorting of the Od IL-2 receptor is compared with the O-glycosylation dependence of the surface expression and stability of the low-density lipoprotein receptor, decay-accelerating factor, and the major antigen envelope protein of Epstein-Barr virus.


2000 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Féraille ◽  
Pascal Béguin ◽  
Maria-Luisa Carranza ◽  
Sandrine Gonin ◽  
Martine Rousselot ◽  
...  

The α1 subunit of Na,K-ATPase is phosphorylated at Ser-16 by phorbol ester-sensitive protein kinase(s) C (PKC). The role of Ser-16 phosphorylation was analyzed in COS-7 cells stably expressing wild-type or mutant (T15A/S16A and S16D-E) ouabain-resistant Bufoα1 subunits. In cells incubated at 37°C, phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate (PDBu) inhibited the transport activity and decreased the cell surface expression of wild-type and mutant Na,K-pumps equally (∼20–30%). This effect of PDBu was mimicked by arachidonic acid and was dependent on PKC, phospholipase A2, and cytochrome P450-dependent monooxygenase. In contrast, incubation of cells at 18°C suppressed the down-regulation of Na,K-pumps and revealed a phosphorylation-dependent stimulation of the transport activity of Na,K-ATPase. Na,K-ATPase from cells expressing α1-mutants mimicking Ser-16 phosphorylation (S16D or S16E) exhibited an increase in the apparent Na affinity. This finding was confirmed by the PDBu-induced increase in Na sensitivity of the activity of Na,K-ATPase measured in permeabilized nontransfected COS-7 cells. These results illustrate the complexity of the regulation of Na,K-ATPase α1 isozymes by phorbol ester-sensitive PKCs and reveal 1) a phosphorylation-independent decrease in cell surface expression and 2) a phosphorylation-dependent stimulation of the transport activity attributable to an increase in the apparent Na affinity.


Blood ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 114 (22) ◽  
pp. 73-73
Author(s):  
Soizic Guihard ◽  
Denis Clay ◽  
Laurence Cocault ◽  
Paule Opolon ◽  
Michele Souyri ◽  
...  

Abstract Abstract 73 In different culture models, conflicting results have been obtained with respect to the role of the ERK/MAPK pathway and the ERK kinases on erythropoiesis. There is no in vivo experimental data on the role of these kinases in adult erythropoeisis. The existence of two ERK isoforms (ERK1 and ERK2) suggests that they could play specific role, based on their expression, their activation level and/or the ratio between both of them. The ERK1−/− mice were used to study this hypothesis. Increased number of circulating erythrocytes, increased hemoglobin level and hematocrit were found in these mice. The deletion of ERK1 leads to an uncontrolled splenic erythropoiesis while the bone marrow erythropoiesis remains normal. The ERK1−/− mice display splenomegaly characterized by a marked expansion of the red pulp and an increased number in basophilic (Ery.A) and late basophilic (Ery.B) erythroblasts. This impaired erythropoiesis in ERK1−/− mice is cell autonomous as shown by bone marrow transplantation experiments. This splenic erythropoiesis is not due to an overexpression or overactivation of the ERK2 isoform in erythroblasts. It has been shown that Fas-mediated apoptosis of erythroblasts would limit the basal erythropoietic rate. In ERK1−/− mice, Ery.A expansion is associated with a decrease in cell surface expression of both Fas and FasL as compared with wild-type mice. This fall in Fas/FasL expression is correlated with a decrease in Annexin V binding on splenic Ery.A and Ery.B. In addition, cell cycle analysis revealed an increased S-phase in ERK1−/− Ery.A cells compared with wild-type Ery.A. In conclusion, these data demonstrate for the first time the in vivo involvement of the ERK/MAPK pathway in adult splenic erythropoiesis and underlies the specific role of ERK1 in this function. By regulating the cell surface expression of Fas and FasL on splenic erythroblasts, ERK1 acts as a sensor of the basal erythropoietic rate. Disclosures: No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.


Author(s):  
Raymond Rowland ◽  
Alberto Brandariz-Nuñez

Understanding the role of glycosylation in the virus-receptor interaction is important for developing approaches that disrupt infection. In this study, we showed that deglycosylation of both ACE2 and S had a minimal effect on the spike-ACE2 interaction.


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