Glycobiology, Vol 8, 533-545, Copyright © 1998 by Society for Glycobiology
AE Backer, J Holgersson, BE Samuelsson and H Karlsson
Pig to human xenotransplantation is considered a possible solution to the
prevailing chronic lack of human donor organs for allotransplantation. The
Galalpha1,3Gal determinant is the major porcine xenogeneic epitope causing
hyperacute rejection following human antibody binding and complement
activation. In order to characterize the tissue distribution of
Galalpha1,3Gal-containing and blood group- type glycosphingolipids in pig,
acid and nonacid glycosphingolipids were isolated from the kidney, small
intestine, spleen, salivary gland, liver, and heart of a single pig
obtained from a semi-inbred strain homozygous at the SLA locus. Glycolipids
were analyzed by thin-layer immunostaining using monoclonal antibodies, and
following ceramide glycanase cleavage as permethylated oligosaccharides by
gas chromatography, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, and matrix-
assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry. The kidney
contained large amounts of Galalpha1,3Gal-containing penta- and
hexasaccharides having carbohydrate sequences consistent with the
Galalpha1,3nLc4and Galalpha1,3Lexstructures, respectively. The former
structure was tentatively identified in all organs by GC/MS. The presence
of extended Galalpha1,3Gal-terminated structures in the kidney and heart
was suggested by antibody binding, and GC/MS indicated the presence of a
Galalpha1,3nLc6structure in the heart. The kidney, spleen, and heart
contained blood group H pentaglycosylceramides based on type 1 (H-5-1) and
type 2 (H-5-2) chains, and H hexaglycosylceramides based on the type 4
chain (H-6-4). In the intestine H-5-1 and H-6-4 were expressed, in the
salivary gland H-5-1 and H-5-2, whereas only the H-5-1 structure was
identified in the liver. Blood group A structures were identified in the
salivary gland and the heart by antibody binding and GC/MS, indicating an
organ- specific expression of blood group AH antigens in the pig.
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Rapid and sensitive GC/MS characterization of glycolipid released Galalpha1,3Gal-terminated oligosaccharides from small organ specimens of a single pig
Institute for Laboratory Medicine, Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Goteborg University, SE413 45 Goteborg, Sweden.
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