Gordonan, an Acidic Polysaccharide with Cell Aggregation-Inducing Activity in Insect BM-N4 Cells, Produced by Gordonia sp.

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2388-2394

  Kondo, Tatsuhiko ^a   Yamamoto, Daisuke ^a   Yokota, Akira ^a   Suzuki, Akinori ^a   Nagasawa, Hiromichi ^a   Sakuda, Shohei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell aggregation; Gordonia; Insect cell line; Polysaccharide

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; GORDONAN; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FERMENTATION; INSECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ANIMALS; CELL AGGREGATION; CELLS, CULTURED; FERMENTATION; INSECTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYSACCHARIDES; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0034330914     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.64.2388     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Maeda, S., A plaque assay and cloning of Bombyx mori nuclear polyhedrosis virus. J. Serie. Sci. Jpn. (in Japanese), 53, 547-548 (1984).
2. Volkman, L. E. and Goldsmith, P. A., Generalized immunoassay for Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus infectivity in vitro. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 44, 227-233 (1982).
3. Nagasawa, H., Kataoka, H., Isogai, A., Tamura, S., Suzuki, A., Fuji war a, Y., Suzuki, A., Takahashi, S. Y., and Isizaki, H., Amino acid sequence of a pro-thoracicotropic hormone of the silkworm Bombyx mori. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 83, 5840-5843 (1986).
4. Tanaka, M., Kataoka, H., Nagata, K., Nagasawa, H., and Suzuki, A. Morphological changes of BM-N4 cells induced by bombyxin, an insulin-related peptide of Bombyx mori. Regul. Pept., 57, 311-318 (1995).
5. Matsubara, K., Sakuda, S, Kondo, T., Tanaka, M., Nisimura, T., and Suzuki, A. Morphological changes in insect BM-N4 cells induced by nocardamine. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 62, 2049-2051 (1998).
6. Davidson, E. A. and Meyer, K. Structural studies on chondoroitin sulfic acid. I. The nature of chondro-sine. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 76, 5686-5689 (1954).
7. Bengt L., Components of bacterial polysaccharides. Adv. Carbohydr. Chem. Biochem., 48, 279-318 (1990).
8. Bock, K., Pedersen, C., and Pedersen, H. Carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy for monosaccharides. Adv. Carbohydr. Chem. Biochem., 41, 27-65 (1983).
9. Bock, K. and Pedersen, C. Carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance data for oligosaccharides. Adv. Carbohydr. Chem. Biochem., 42, 193-225 (1984).
10. 13CH coupling constants in hexopyranoses. J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans., 2, 293-297 (1974).
11. Wayne, B. S. and James C. R., The acidic specific capsular polysaccharide of Rhodococcus equi serotype 3. Structural elucidation and stereochemical analysis of the lactate ether and pyruvate acetal sub-stiuents. Can. J. Chem., 70, 2664-2676 (1992).
12. Kochetkov, N. K., Siviridov, A. F., Arifkhodzhaev, K. A., Chizhov, O. S., and Shashkov, A. S., The structure of the extracellular polysaccharide from Mycobacterium lacticolum strain 121. Carbohyd. Res., 71, 193-203 (1979).
13. Akiyama, H., Ueda, M., Kanzaki, H., Tada, J., and Arata, J., Biofilm formation of Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from impetigo and furuncle: role of fibrinogen and fibrin. J. Darmatol. Sci., 16, 2-10 (1997).
14. Karamanos, N. K., Syrokou, A., Panagiotopoulou, H. S., Anastassiou, E. D., and Dimitracopoulos, G., The major 20-kDa polysaccharide of Staphylococcus epidermidis extracellular slime and its antibodies as powerful agents for detecting antibodies in blood serum and differentiating among slime-positive and -negative S. epidermidis and other staphylococci species. Arch. Biochem. Biophys., 342, 389-395 (1997).
15. Simmons, P. A., Tomlinson, A., and Seal, D. V., The role of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm in the attachment of Acanthamoeba to four types of hydrogel contact lens materials. Optom. Vision Sci., 75, 860-866 (1998).
16. Alam, M., Miyoshi, S. I., Tomochika, K. I., and Shinoda, S., Purification and characterization of novel hemagglutinins from Vibrio mimicus: A 39-kilodal-ton major outer membrane protein and lipopolysac-charide. Infect. Immunol., 64, 4035-4041 (1996).
17. Elder, M. J., Matheson, M., Stapleton, F., and Dart-Jkg D, Biofilm formation in infectious crystalline keratopathy due to Candida albicans. Cornea, 15, 301-304 (1996).
18. Gerald O. A., The variable surface glycolipids or mycobacteria: structures, synthesis of epitopes, and biological properties. Adv. Carbohydr. Chem. Biochem., 51, 169-242 (1995).
19. Gugnani, H. C., Unaogu, I. C., Provost, F., and Boiron, P., Pulmonary infection due to Nocardiopsis dassonvillei, Gordonia sputi, Rhodococcus rhodochrous and Micromonospora sp. In Nigeria and literature review. J. Mycol. Med., 8, 21-25 (1998).
20. Riegel, P., Ruimy, R., DeBriel, D., Eichler, F, Bergerat, J. P., Christen, R., and Monteil, H., Bacteremia due to Gordonia sputi in an immunocompromised patient. J. Clin. Microbiol., 34, 2045-2047 (1996).