J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 263, Issue 7, 3103-3110, 03, 1988
Isolation and characterization of the major acidic glycosphingolipids from the liver of the English sole (Parophrys vetulus). Presence of a novel ganglioside with a Forssman antigen determinant
GK Ostrander, SB Levery, S Hakomori and EH Holmes
Pacific Northwest Research Foundation, Seattle, Washington 98104.
Acidic glycosphingolipids of the liver of English sole, Parophrys vetulus,
have been isolated and characterized by 1H nuclear magnetic resonance
spectroscopy, methylation analysis, and by direct probe electron-impact and
fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry. In addition to the acidic
glycosphingolipids with known structures (sulfatide, GM4, GM3, GM2, and
GD1a), two fractions of a major monosialosylganglioside with TLC mobility
slower than GM1 were isolated and characterized as having the following
structure. (Formula:q see text). The structure represents a novel
combination of a terminal Forssman disaccharide (GalNAc alpha 1----3GalNAc
beta 1----3R) and a GM1 ganglioside core linked together. The identity of
the terminal Forssman disaccharide was further established by TLC
immunostaining with an anti-Forssman monoclonal antibody. This antibody
showed strongly positive staining of the ganglioside only after removal of
the sialic acid. Thus, the II3NeuAc residue inhibited antibody binding to
the terminal disaccharide unit. Analysis of the ceramide moieties of both
fractions indicated a predominance of 16:0, 22:1, 22:0, and 24:1 fatty
acids in the faster migrating form and 16:0, 18:0, and 18:1 in the slower
form in combination with d18:1 sphingosine.