The effects of cytidine monophosphate on the regeneration of sialoproteins on the surface of cultured lymphoma cells |
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Authors: | Richard D Maca Adrianne Hakes |
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Affiliation: | Department of Medicine Division of Hematology-Oncology University of Iowa, College of Medicine Iowa City, Iowa 52242 USA |
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Abstract: | A new approach was used to evaluate the role of surface sialyl transferase activity in the regeneration of surface sialic acid (SSA) on cultured lymphoma cells (Raji). Cells which were made deficient in SSA by neuraminidase treatment were incubated for 18 hours in medium containing CMP, a potent inhibitor of surface sialyl transferase activity. In these cultures, the amount of regenerated SSA was not significantly less than for the controls, even though the surface sialyl transferase activity on these cells was inhibited by an average of 95%. Conversely, emetine, an inhibitor of protein synthesis, effectively inhibited SSA regeneration. Thus, these results support the concept that surface sialo-proteins are largely, if not entirely, synthesized intracellularly instead of being assembled on the cell surface by the surface located transferase system. |
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