Abstract

In search of endogenous oligosaccharide ligands for the endothelial adhesion molecule E-selectin in mouse, glycolipids from tissues and the neutrophilic cell line 32D c13 were tested for E-selectin binding. Kidneys of BALB/c and NMRI mice (but not CBA) and the 32D c13 cells were found to contain minor glycolipid populations that support strongly the binding of murine E-selectin. By chromatogram binding experiments andin situliquid secondary ion mass spectrometry (LSIMS) with neoglycolipids derived from their endoglycoceramidase-released oligosaccharides, in conjunction with compositional and linkage analyses, one of the glycolipid ligands in kidney was identified as the Lex-active extended globo-glycolipid:Galβ1-4GlcNAcβ1-6GalNAcβ1-3Galα1-4Galβ1-4Glcβ1-Cer;|||Fucα1,3||Ga1β1,3|.Neoglycolipids enriched for the ligand structures were obtained from oligosaccharides released by endo-β-galactosidase from the 32D c13 cells. By TLC-LSIMS and antibody binding, the main E-selectin binding determinant on these was identified as sialyl-Lea.

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