PMID: 2118658Sep 1, 1990Paper

Use of brefeldin A to define sites of glycosphingolipid synthesis: GA2/GM2/GD2 synthase is trans to the brefeldin A block

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
W W YoungS Lechler-Osborn

Abstract

Brefeldin A (BFA) induces the rapid redistribution of the Golgi complex into the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), causing the glycoproteins that are retained in the ER to be processed by Golgi enzymes. We have examined the effects of BFA on the synthesis of glycosphingolipids (GSL) to map the intracellular sites of GSL synthesis. In several cultured cell types, BFA inhibited the synthesis of the neutral GSL gangliotriaosylceramide (GA2) and monosialoganglioside GM2 and disialoganglioside GD2, where GD2 is GalNAc(beta 1----4)- [NeuAc(alpha 2----8)NeuAc(alpha 2----3)]Gal(beta 1----4)GlcCer, GM2 lacks the NeuAc(alpha 2----8) unit, and GA2 lacks both NeuAc(alpha 2----8) and NeuAc(alpha 2----3) units. The observed decrease in labeling of GA2, GM2, and GD2 in the presence of BFA was not due either to enhanced degradation of these glycolipids or to shedding of these glycolipids from the cells. In rat liver all three of these glycolipids have been shown by others to be synthesized by the same enzyme, GA2/GM2/GD2 synthase, which catalyzes the addition of N-acetylgalactosamine to lactosylceramide (Lac-Cer), GM3 [NeuAc(alpha 2----3)Gal(beta 1----4)GlcCer], and GD3 [NeuAc(alpha 2----8)NeuAc-(alpha 2----3)Gal(beta 1----4)GlcCer], respectively. S...Continue Reading

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