Glycolipid glycosyltransferase activities during early development of Xenopus: Effect of retinoic acid

Cell Biology International

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 91-95

  Rossi, Federica ^a   Gornati, Rosalba ^a   Rizzo, Angela M ^a   Venturini, Loretta ^b   Bernardini, Giovanni ^b   Berra, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Development; Glycolipids; Retinoic acid; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

GLYCOLIPID; GLYCOLIPID GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; LACTOSYLCERAMIDE; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; RETINOIC ACID; SIALYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0033078470     PISSN: 10656995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cbir.1999.0351     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Basu M., Basu S., Stoffyn A., Stoffyn P. Biosynthesis in vitro of sialyl(α2-3)neolactosylceramide by a sialyltransferase from embryonic chicken brain. J Biol Chem. 257:1982;12,765-12,769.
2. Basu M., Das K.K., Kyle J.W., Chon H.C., Schaeper R., Basu S. Glycolipids. Methods Enzymol. 138:1987;575-607.
3. Bernardini G., Vismara C., Boracchi P., Camatini M. Lethality, teratogenicity and growth inhibition of heptanol in Xenopus assayed by a modified frog embryo teratogenesis assay- Xenopus (FETAX) procedure. Sci Total Environ. 151:1994;1-8.
4. Drysdale T.A., Crawford M.J. Effects of localized application of retinoic acid on Xenopus laevis development. Dev Biol. 162:1994;394-401.
5. Ellinger-Ziegelbauer H., Dreyer C. The pattern of retinoic acid receptor g (RARg) expression in normal development of Xenopus laevis and after manipulation of the main body axis. Mech Dev. 41:1993;33-46.
6. Fenderson B.A., Andrews P.W., Nudelman E., Clausen H., Hakomori S. Glycolipid core structure switching from globo- to lacto- and ganglio-series during retinoic acid-induced differentiation in TERA-2 derived human embryonal carcinoma cells. Dev Biol. 122:1987;21-34.
7. Gornati R., Rizzo A.M., Tong X.W., Berra B., Bernardini G. Glycolipid pattern during Xenopus embryo development. Cell Biol Int. 19:1995;183-189.
8. Gornati R., Basu S., Bernardini G., Rizzo A.M., Rossi F., Berra B. Activities of glycolipid glycosyltransferases and sialidases during the early development of Xenopus laevis. Mol Cell Biochem. 166:1997;117-124.
9. Hakomori S. Bifunctional role of glycosphingolipids: modulators for transmembrane signalling and mediators for cellular interactions. J Biol Chem. 265:1990;18,713-18,716.
10. Hannun Y.A., Bell R.M. Functions of sphingolipids and sphingolipid breakdown products in cellular regulation. Science. 243:1989;500-507.
11. Hannun Y.A., Obeid L.M. Ceramide: an intracellular signal for apoptosis. Trends Biol Sci. 20:1995;73-77.
12. Leid M., Kastner P., Chambon P. Multiplicity generates diversity in the retinoic acid signalling pathways. Trends Biol Sci. 7:1992;427-433.
13. Nagai Y., Iwamori M. Cellular biology of gangliosides. Rosemberg A. Biology of Sialic Acids. 1995;197-241 New York, Plenum Press.
14. Napoli J.L. The biogenesis of retinoic acid: a physiologically significant promoter of differentiation. Dawson M.I., Okamura W.H. Chemistry and Biology of Synthetic Retinoids. 1990;229-249 Florida, CRC Press.
15. Nieuwkoop P.D., Faber J. Normal table of Xenopus laevis (Daudin). A systematical and chronological survey of the development from the fertilized egg till the end of metamorphosis. 1956;Amsterdam, North-Holland Publishing Company.
16. 3in HL-60 cells: role in cell differentiation. J Biol Chem. 264:1989;19,076-19,080.
17. Osanai T., Watanabe Y., Sanai Y. Glycolipid glycosyltransferases are enhanced during neural differentiation of mouse embryonic carcinoma cells, P19. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 241:1997;327-333.
18. Peterson G.M. A simplification of the protein assay method of Lowry et al. which is more generally applicable. Anal Biochem. 83:1997;346-356.
19. Rizzo A.M., Gornati R., Rossi F., Bernardini G., Berra B. Retinoic acid induces changes in Xenopus embryo glycolipid pattern. Cell Biol Int. 19:1995;895-901.
20. Taga S., Tetaud C., Mangeney M., Tursz T., Wiels J. Sequential changes in glycolipid expression during human B cell differentiation: enzymatic bases. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1254:1995;56-65.
21. Wenk J., Andrews P.W., Casper J., Hata J., Pera M.F., Von Keitz A., Damianov I., Fenderson B.A. Glycolipids of germ cell tumors: extended globo-series glycolipids are a hallmark of human embryonal carcinoma cells. Int J Cancer. 58:1994;108-115.
22. Zeller C.B., Marchase R.B. Gangliosides as modulator of cell functions. Am J Physiol. 262:1992;C1341-C1355.