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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 262, Issue 6, 2645-2651, 02, 1987

Molecular interactions between micellar polysialogangliosides and affinity-purified tetanotoxins in aqueous solution

P Lazarovici, P Yanai and E Yavin

Two-affinity purified tetanotoxin forms, TeToA and TeToB, with different affinities for gangliosides were characterized by analytical ultracentrifuge, circular dichroism (CD), and amino acid composition. Both toxin forms share a common sedimentation coefficient of about 6-7 S and similar alpha-helicity values, but they vary in amino acid composition. Incubation of TeToB with micellar polysialogangliosides results in formation of high (21-24 S) and medium (13-15 S) size toxin- micellar ganglioside aggregates as revealed by analytical ultracentrifuge technique. At TeToB/[N-acetylneuraminyl]-galactosyl-N- acetylgalactosaminyl- [N-acetylneuraminyl-N-acetylneuraminyl]- galactosylglucosylceramide (GT1b) molar ratios of greater than 26, high molecular weight aggregates (Mr greater than or equal to 700,000) which contain between 3 and 5 toxin monomers are formed, whereas at molar ratios less than 15, about 1-2 monomers are present. TeToA does not form aggregates in the presence of gangliosides. A marked increase in the alpha-helix from about 20 to 39% is apparent in the CD spectrum of TeToB after interaction with ganglioside mixture (G1b). Cerebrosides, sulfatides, sphingomyelin, and phosphatidylserine also increase the alpha-helix, presumably because of an overall effect of lipids on the protein. TeToA and fragment B but not C also undergo similar changes in the presence of G1b, suggesting that the effect of ganglioside is not specific. The polarity of the CD spectra of a number of gangliosides is shifted from a negative to a positive value after interaction with tetanotoxin. The data are consistent with the interpretation of a discrete hydrophobic domain on the toxin heavy chain which interacts with micellar gangliosides to form macromolecular complexes.
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