Human medulloblastoma gangliosides.
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چکیده
To establish a model system for the study of ganglioside metabolism of the human brain tumor, medulloblastoma, we have chemically characterized the gangliosides of the Daoy cell line. These cells contain a high concentration of gangliosides (143 +/- 13 nmol LBSA/10(8) cells). The major species have been structurally confirmed to be GM2 (65.9%), GM3 (13.0%), and GD1a (10.3%). Isolation of individual gangliosides homogeneous in both carbohydrate and ceramide moieties by reversed-phase HPLC and analysis by negative-ion fast atom bombardment collisionally activated dissociation tandem mass spectrometry have allowed us to unequivocally characterize ceramide structures. In the case of GM2, 10 major ceramide subspecies were identified: d18:1-hC16:0, d18:1-C16:0, d18:0-C16:0, d18:1-C18:0, d18:1-C20:0, d18:1-C22:0, d18:2-C24:1, d18:1-C23:1, d18:1-C24:1, and d18:1-C24:0. Taken together with previous studies, these findings in buman medulloblastoma cells support the view that high expression and marked heterogeneity of ceramide structure are general characteristics of tumor gangliosides, molecules which are shed by the tumor cells and which are biologically active in vivo.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Glycobiology
دوره 7 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1997