Abstract

Insulin sensitive glycosylated phosphatidylinositol (GPI) from chick embryo fibroblasts was isolated and partially characterized. [ 3H]Ethanolamine was incorporated into lipids different from phosphatidylethanolamine, as shown by two sequential thin layer chromatographies (TLC) using an acidic solvent system followed by a basic solvent system. Other isotopes, myo-[ 3H]inositol, [ 3H]glucosamine, [ 3H]galactose, and [ 3H]palmitic acid were also incorporated into these lipids. These lipids were separated into two peaks on the second basic TLC, designated as peaks I and II from the origin. Insulin stimulation of cells caused a rapid breakdown of these two lipids. These two lipids were treated by nitrous acid and phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C (PI-PLC). The radioactivity of peak I lipid was decreased by both treatments, and that of peak II lipid was also decreased by PI-PLC treatment but not significantly by nitrous acid treatment. Peak II lipid did not fulfill the criteria for GPI. Tritium released by the treatment of PI-PLC of peak I lipid was recovered in the aqueous phase. [ 3H]Ethanolamine-labeled peak I lipid was hydrolyzed by acid treatment and the hydrolysis products were analyzed by TLC and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Tritium label was recovered as native label at the rate of 95%. [ 3H]Ethanolamine of peak I lipid was reductively methylated completely with formaldehyde and cyanoborohydride, as shown by HPLC analysis. The results indicate that peak I lipid contains primary ethanolamine as a glycan component and is insulin-sensitive free GPI.

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