CEL-III is one of four Ca-dependent galactose/N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc)-binding lectins from the marine invertebrate Cucumaria echinata which exhibits hemolytic activity, especially toward rabbit and human erythrocytes. The hemolytic activity of CEL-III was also Ca-dependent and was found to be inhibited by galactose or GalNAc-containing carbohydrates, suggesting that the hemolysis was caused by CEL-III binding to specific carbohydrates on the erythrocyte membrane by Ca-dependent lectin activity, followed by partial destruction of the membrane. The activity of CEL-III was highest at 10 °C and decreased markedly with increasing temperature, unlike usual enzymatic reactions. The hemolytic activity of CEL-III increased with increasing pH from neutral to 10, but almost no hemolysis was observed below pH 6.5. Immunoblotting analysis of proteins from the erythrocyte membrane after treatment with CEL-III indicated that CEL-III aggregates were irreversibly bound to the membrane. When erythrocytes were incubated with CEL-III in the presence of dextran with molecular masses greater than 4 kDa, lysis was impeded considerably, while a concomitant release of ATP was detected from these osmotically protected cells. It was found that CEL-III released carboxyfluorescein from artificial globoside-containing lipid vesicles, and it is suggested that CEL-III is a novel pore-forming protein with the characteristics of a Ca-dependent lectin, which may act as a toxic protein to foreign microorganisms.

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