Purification and characterization of liver lectins from a lizard, Sceloporus spinosus

Preparative Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 153-168

  Fenton, N Bertha ^a   Arreguín, L Barbarin ^b   Méndez, C Fausto ^b   Arreguín, E Roberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Fucose; Galactose; Lizard hepatic lectin 1; N Acetylgalactosamine

Indexed keywords

FUCOSE; GALACTOSE; LECTIN; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; LIZARD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; AGGLUTINATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOOD; FUCOSE; GALACTOSE; HUMANS; LECTINS; LIVER; LIZARDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ALLIGATOR; MAMMALIA; SCELOPORUS; SCELOPORUS SPINOSUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 2642571928     PISSN: 10826068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/PB-120030874     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Gabius, H.J. Animal lectins. Eur. J. Biochem. 1997, 243, 543-576.
2. Sharon, N.; Lis, H. Lectins as cell recognition molecules. Science 1986, 246, 227-234.
3. Soukharev, S.; Berlin, W.; Hanover, J.A.; Bethke, B.; Sauer, B. Organization of the mouse ASGR1 gene encoding the major subunit of the hepatic asialoglycoprotein receptor. Gene 2000, 241, 233-240.
4. Ohtani, K.; Suzuki, Y.; Eda, S.; Kawai, T.; Kase, T.; Yamazaki, H.; Shimada, T.; Keshi, H.; Sakai, Y.; Fukuoh, A.; Sakamoto, T.; Wakamiya, N. Molecular cloning of a novel human collectin from liver (CL-L1). J. Biol. Chem. 1999, 274 (19), 13681-13689.
5. Santucci, L.; Fiorucci, S.; Cammilleri, F.; Servillo, G.; Federici, B.; Morelli, A. Galectin-1 exerts immunomodulatory and protective effects on concanavalin A-induced hepatitis in mice. Hepatology 2000, 31 (2), 399-406.
6. Hsu, D.K.; Drowling, C.A.; Jeng, K.C.; Chen, J.T.; Yang, R.T.; Liu, F.T. Galectin 3 expression is induced in cirrhotic liver and hepatocellular carcinoma. Int. J. Cancer 1999, 81 (4), 519-526.
7. Lee, R.T.; Yang, G.V.; Kiang, J.; Golgher, D.; Lee, Y.C. Major lectin of alligator liver is specific form mannose/L-fucose. J. Biol. Chem. 1994, 269, 19617-19625.
8. Dawson, R.M.C.; Elliott, D.C.; Elliott, W.H.; Jones, K.M. Preparation and Composition of Biochemical Reagents. Data for Biochemical Research, 2nd Ed.; Dawson, R.M.C., Elliott, D.C., Elliott, W.H., Jones, K.M., Eds.; Clarendon Press: Oxford, 1969; 615-616.
9. Smith, P.K.; Krohn, R.I.; Hermanson, G.T.; Mallia, A.K.; Gartner, F.H.; Provenzano, M.D.; Fujimoto, E.K.; Goeke, N.M.; Olson, B.J.; Klenk, D.C. Measurement of protein using bicinchoninic acid. Anal. Biochem. 1985, 150 (1), 76-85.
10. Laemmli, U.K. Cleavage of structural proteins during the assembly of the head of the bacteriophage T4. Nature 1970, 227, 680-683.
11. Debray, H.; Decourt, D.; Strecker, G.; Spick, G.; Montreuil, J. Specificity of twelve lectins towards oligosaccharides and glycopeptides related to N-glycosylproteins. Eur. J. Biochem. 1981, 117, 41-55.
12. Fenton, N.B.; Arreguín, L.B.; García, H.E.; Arreguín, E.R. Purificación y Caracterización de Lectinas de la Esponja Sphesiospongia vesparia. In XXIV Congreso Nacional de Bioquímica; Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Nov 3-8, 2002; C-18.
13. Zenteno, E.; Debray, H.; Montreuil, J. Purification and partial characterization of two lectins from the cactus Machaerocereus eruca. FEBS Lett. 1988, 238 (1), 95-100.
14. Weigel, P.H.; Yik, J.H. Glycans as endocytosis signals: the cases of the asialoglycoprotein and hyaluronan/chondroitin sulfate receptors. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 2002, 1572 (2-3), 341-363.
15. Wu, A.M.; Wu, J.H.; Tsai, M.S.; Kaltner, H.; Gabius, H.J. Carbohydrate specificity of a galectin from chicken liver (CG-16). Biochem. J. 2001, 358 (Pt 3), 529-538.
16. Kallen, C.B.; Billheimer, J.T.; Summers, S.A.; Stayrook, S.E.; Lewis, M.; Strauss, J.F. 3rd. Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR) is a sterol transfer protein. J. Biol. Chem. 1998, 273 (41), 26285-26288.
17. Parker, K.L.; Schimmer, B.P. Steroidogenic factor 1: a key determinant of endocrine development and function. Endocrine Rev. 1997, 8 (3), 361-377.
18. Simon, M.T.; Pauloin, A.; Normand, G.; Lieu, H.T.; Mouly, H.; Pivert, G.; Carnot, F.; Tralhao, J.G.; Brechot, C.; Christa, L. HIP/PAP stimulates liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy and combines mitogenic and anti-apoptotic functions through the PKA signaling pathway. FASEB J. 2003, 17 (11), 1441-1450.
19. Burcelin, R.; Crivelli, V.; Perrin, C.; Da Costa, A.; Mu, J.; Kahn, B.B.; Birnbaum, M.J.; Kahn, C.R.; Vollenweider, P.; Thorens, B. GLUT4, AMP kinase, but not the insulin receptor, are required for hepatoportal glucose sensor-stimulated muscle glucose utilization. J. Clin. Invest. 2003, 111 (10), 1555-1562.