Synthesis of soluble myelin-associated glycoprotein in insect and mammalian cells

Paul W. Johnson, John Attia, Christopher D. Richardson, John C. Roder, Robert J. Dunn

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Résumé

The myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG) has an extracellular domain containing five sequences which are homologous to the immunoglobulin-fold motif. Adhesive interactions mediated by the MAG extracellular domain are involved in the development of the myelin sheath. The MAG cDNA has been modified to introduce a stop codon immediately before the transmembrane domain. Expression of the modified cDNA in insect cells and murine NIH-3T3 cells resulted in secretion of the soluble MAG extracellular domain. Treatment of soluble MAG with glycopeptidase F and endoglycosidase H showed significant differences in glycosylation for the insect and mammalian cell-expression systems. The soluble form of MAG has been purified from insect-cell supernatants by adsorption to a lentil-lectin support. The soluble MAG will provide a powerful new approach for studies of MAG-adhesive interactions during brain development.

Langue d'origineEnglish
Pages (de-à)287-296
Nombre de pages10
JournalGene
Volume77
Numéro de publication2
DOI
Statut de publicationPublished - avr. 30 1989
Publié à l'externeOui

Note bibliographique

Funding Information:
We thank Dr. Max Summers for providing the insect expression system, Dr. Norman Latov for antibodies and Dr. Tony Pawson for the pECE vector. We thank Dr. Wanda Abramow-Newerly and Martha Garrett for technical assistance and advice, Mike Tropak and Dr. Monique Arquint for plasmids, advice and discussion, and Dr. Reinhart Reithmeier for advice on protein purification. This work was supported by grants from the Medical Research Council of Canada and the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada to R.J.D. and J.C.R.

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  • Genetics

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