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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 266, Issue 6, 3526-3531, Feb, 1991

Purification and characterization of GDP-L-Fuc-N-acetyl-beta-D- glucosaminide alpha 1----3fucosyltransferase from human neuroblastoma cells. Unusual substrate specificities of the tumor enzyme

CS Foster, DR Gillies and MC Glick
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

Fucosyl residues in the alpha 1----3 linkage to N-acetylglucosamine (Fuc alpha 1----3GlcNAc) on oligosaccharides of glycoproteins and glycolipids have been detected in certain human tumors and are developmentally expressed (reviewed in Foster, C. S., and Glick, M. C. (1988) Adv. Neuroblastoma Res. 2, 421-432). In order to understand control mechanisms for the biosynthesis of these fucosylated glycoconjugates, GDP-L-Fuc-N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminide alpha 1---- 3fucosyltransferase was purified from human neuroblastoma cells, CHP 134, utilizing either the immobilized oligosaccharide or disaccharide substrates. The enzyme, extracted from CHP 134 cells, was purified by DEAE- and SP-Sephadex chromatography and then by either immobilized substrate. alpha 1----3Fucosyltransferase was obtained in approximately 10% yield and was purified 45,000-fold from the cell extract. The kinetic properties of the enzyme showed an apparent KGDP-Fuc 43 microM, KGal beta 1----4GlcNAc 0.4 mM, KGal beta 1----4Glc 8.1 mM, and KFuc alpha 1----2Gal beta 1----4Glc 1.0 mM. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of the affinity-purified enzyme showed two proteins which migrated, Mr = 45,000-40,000. The enzyme differed in substrate specificity, pH optimum, response to N-ethylmaleimide and ion requirements from the enzymes purified from human milk or serum. The inability of alpha 1----3fucosyltransferase to transfer to substrates containing NeuAc alpha 2----3 or alpha 2----6Gal is in contrast to the reports for the enzyme in other human tumors. This substrate specificity correlates with the oligosaccharide residues thus far defined on glycoproteins of CHP 134 cells since NeuAc and Fuc alpha 1--- -3GlcNAc have yet to be detected on the same oligosaccharide antenna. However, the enzyme transfers to Fuc alpha 1----2Gal beta 1---- 4GlcNAc/Glc with higher activity than the unfucosylated disaccharides, although neither alpha 1----2fucosyltransferase nor Fuc alpha 1----2 residues have been detected in CHP 134 cells. The different substrate specificities of alpha 1----3fucosyltransferase isolated from human tumors and normal sources leads to the suggestion that a family of alpha 1----3fucosyltransferases may exist and that they may be differentially expressed in human tumors.
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