Mouse Na+/K+-ATPase beta1-subunit has a K+-dependent cell adhesion activity for beta-GlcNAc-terminating glycans

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Feb 22;102(8):2796-801. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0409344102. Epub 2005 Feb 10.

Abstract

A 48-kDa beta-N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc)-binding protein was isolated from mouse brain by GlcNAc-agarose column chromatography. The N-terminal amino acid residues showed the protein to be a mouse Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase beta1-subunit. When the recombinant FLAG-beta1-subunit expressed in Sf-9 cells was applied to a GlcNAc-agarose column, only the glycosylated 38- and 40-kDa proteins bound to the column. In the absence of KCl, little of the proteins bound to a GlcNAc-agarose column, but the 38- and 40-kDa proteins bound in the presence of KCl at concentrations above 1 mM. Immunohistochemical study showed that the beta1-subunit and GlcNAc-terminating oligosaccharides are at the cell contact sites. Inclusion of anti-beta1-subunit antibody or chitobiose in cell aggregation assays using mouse neural cells resulted in inhibition of cell aggregation. These results indicate that the Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase beta1-subunit is a potassium-dependent lectin that binds to GlcNAc-terminating oligosaccharides: it may be involved in neural cell interactions.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acetylglucosamine / metabolism*
  • Animals
  • Brain / metabolism
  • Cell Adhesion
  • Disaccharides / pharmacology
  • Glycosylation
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Polysaccharides / metabolism*
  • Potassium / pharmacology*
  • Protein Subunits
  • Sepharose / metabolism
  • Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / analysis
  • Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / chemistry
  • Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / physiology*

Substances

  • Disaccharides
  • Polysaccharides
  • Protein Subunits
  • chitobiose
  • Sepharose
  • Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase
  • Potassium
  • Acetylglucosamine