Isolation and characterization of the major oligosaccharide of human platelet membrane glycoprotein GPIb
- 1 July 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Biochemical Journal
- Vol. 205 (1), 81-90
- https://doi.org/10.1042/bj2050081
Abstract
Treatment of intact human platelets with chymotrypsin released a glycopolypeptide that was derived from the major membrane glycoprotein, GPIb. The glycopolypeptide contained 59% carbohydrate on a molar basis and was rich in serine, threonine and proline. Almost all the carbohydrate could be released from the glycopolypeptide by treatment with alkali in the presence of NaBH4. The major component (comprising 80% of the released sugar) was purified and shown to be a hexasaccharide containing sialic acid, galactose, N-acetylglucosamine and N-acetyl-galactosaminitol, in the molar ratios 2:2:1:1. Two possible structures for this hexasaccharide are proposed on the basis of the known biosynthetic pathways of mucus-type glycoproteins. The data is consistent with the occurrence of an O-glycosidically linked oligosaccharide on 1 amino acid in 4 of the glycopolypeptides. Glycoprotein Ib can best be described as a membrane-bound mucus-type glycoproteins. The data are consistent with the occurrence of an O-oligosaccharide in the process by which platelets adhere to the exposed subendothelium of damaged blood-vessel walls. The possible role of the glycopolypeptide portion of GPIb in this process was investigated. Neither the major oligosaccharide nor the glycopolypeptide itself inhibited ristocetin-induced platelet agglutination at the concentrations tested. The carbohydrate moieties of GPIb molecules at the cell surface apparently interact to form a barrier to macromolecules. Such a barrier could play a major role in modulating platelet function.This publication has 39 references indexed in Scilit:
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