Abstract：
:A novel bioluminescence-based solid-phase assay is described for the enzyme GDPFuc:Gal(beta)1-3GlcNAc (Fuc to GlcNAc) alpha1,4-fucosyltransferase (alpha1,4FT), which generates the Lewis a blood group antigen (Le(a)) (Gal(beta)1-3[Fuc(alpha)1-4]GlcNAc-R). Lacto-N-tetraose (LNT,Ga ta)1-3GlcNAc(beta)1-3Gal(beta)1-4Glc) was chemically conjugated to bovine serum albumin (BSA) to generate the acceptor neoglycoprotein LNT-BSA. The Le(a) product of the reaction made in the presence of the donor GDPFuc is detected with a primary monoclonal IgG antibody to Le(a) and a secondary antibody coupled to either alkaline phosphatase or the recombinant bioluminescent protein aequorin. Recombinant human GDPFuc:Gal(beta)1-3(4)GlcNAc (Fuc to GlcNAc) alpha1,4/alpha1,3-fucosyltransferase, which exhibits alpha1,4FT activity, was used to optimize the assay. With this assay alpha1,4FT activity is measurable in human serum, in human saliva, and in extracts of the human colon carcinoma cell line SW1116. Activity is absent, however, in extracts of human HL-60 and murine F9 cells, neither of which synthesize Le(a) antigen. Among 10 human donors tested, soluble alpha1,4FT activity, was measurable in serum and saliva of some, but not all donors. However, the presence of enzyme activity in sera does not correlate with Lewis blood group phenotype of erythrocytes. The saliva of one donor, which contained Le(a) antigens, exhibited no alpha1,4FT activity. That saliva was found to contain a heat-stable factor(s) capable of inhibiting the alpha1,4FT activity when mixed with donor saliva containing alpha1,4FT activity. This new assay should be useful in assessing the Lewis enzyme activity in body fluids and its relationship to the Lewis blood group status on cells and secreted glycoconjugates in normal and diseased states.
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Arch Biochem Biophysjournal_title
Archives of biochemistry and biophysicsauthors
DeBose-Boyd RA,Nyame AK,Smith DF,Cummings RDdoi
10.1006/abbi.1996.0487subject
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1996-11-01 00:00:00pages
109-17issue
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0003-9861issn
1096-0384pii
S0003-9861(96)90487-7journal_volume
335pub_type
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