| Literature DB >> 3156765 |
P A Romero, P Friedlander, A Herscovics.
Abstract
The lipid-linked oligosaccharides synthesized in the presence of the alpha-glucosidase inhibitors, 1-deoxynojirimycin (DJN) and N-methyl-1-deoxynojirimycin (MDJN), were compared in IEC-6 intestinal epithelial cells in culture. HPLC analysis of the oligosaccharides obtained before and after exhaustive jack bean alpha-mannosidase digestion indicates that control and MDJN-treated cells synthesize similar amounts of Glc3Man9GlcNAc2-PP-dolichol. In contrast, the formation of this compound is greatly reduced in DJN-treated cells, the major lipid-linked oligosaccharide found being Man9GlcNAc2-PP-dolichol. The decreased availability of the preferred donor for protein glycosylation may account for the impaired glycosylation and secretion of certain glycoproteins in the presence of DJN.Entities:
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Year: 1985 PMID: 3156765 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(85)80947-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: FEBS Lett ISSN: 0014-5793 Impact factor: 4.124