Calcium has been shown previously to cause aggregation of phosphatidylcholine/cholesterol liposomes containing galactosylceramide (GalCer) with similar liposomes containing cerebroside sulfate (galactosylceramide I sulfate) (CBS), suggesting that it mediates a carbohydrate-carbohydrate association between these two glycolipids. In order to determine if such an association occurs, the noncovalent complexes formed on addition of calcium chloride to GalCer and CBS in methanol were examined by positive and negative ion spray mass spectrometry. Monomeric Ca complexes of both lipids were observed. In addition, Ca also caused oligomerization of GalCer. Oligomerization of CBS anion was not seen, but dimers would not have been observed, as they would be neutral. However, Ca caused heterotypic complexation of GalCer and CBS. Although these heterotypic complexes were of low abundance in methanol compared with the other monomeric and homotypic oligomeric positive ions formed at low declustering potentials, the heterotypic dimer [GalCerCBSCa-H] had the greatest stability of all oligomers formed and was the only one to survive at high declustering potentials. Na did not cause oligomerization of GalCer in methanol indicating that the complexes of GalCer with Ca are not caused by van der Waals interactions between the lipid moieties. GalCer and CBS are present in high concentrations in myelin. This Ca-mediated carbohydrate-carbohydrate interaction, which can bridge apposing bilayers, may be involved in adhesion of the extracellular surfaces of the myelin sheath.

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