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JBC, Vol. 252, Issue 9, 2918-2928, May, 1977

Glucuronosyl-N-acetylglucosaminyl pyrophosphoryldolichol. Formation in SV40-transformed human lung fibroblasts and biosynthesis in rat lung microsomal preparations

S. J. Turco and E. C. Heath

Incubation of SV40-transformed human lung fibroblasts with [3H]glucosamine for 1 h. followed by chloroform:methanol extraction and thin layer chromatographic analysis, revealed the presence of a major radioactive lipid that was isolated and characterized as GIcUA-(1 leads to 4)-GlcNAc-P-P-dolichol. An identical lipid was formed in smaller quantities under similar incubation conditions in several fibroblastic lines, HeLa cells, and in mouse L cells. Rat lung microsomal preparations catalyze the synthesis of the disaccharide lipid in the following sequence of reactions: UDP-[3H]GlcNAc + dolichol-P leads to [3H]GlcNAc-P-P-dolichol (1) [3H]GlcNAc-P-P-dolichol + UDP-[14C]GlcUA leads to [14C]GlcUA-[3H]GlcNAc-P-P-dolichol (2) The double-labeled lipid was identical to the lipid isolated from SV40-transformed fibroblasts with regard to its behavior on thin layer and silicic acid chromatography. Further, the double-labeled disaccharide released from the lipid by mild acid hydrolysis was identical to GlcUA-(1 leads to 4)-GlcNAc in its chromatographic and electrophoretic behavior and in its composition. The occurrence of a polyprenol derivative of GlcUA-(1 leads to 4)-GlcNAc suggests a possible role for this lipid in the biosynthesis of the repeating disaccharide units of proteoglycans, such as heparin.
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