P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1 and E-selectin ligand-1 are differentially modified by fucosyltransferases Fuc-TIV and Fuc-TVII in mouse neutrophils

J Biol Chem. 2000 Oct 6;275(40):31353-60. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M005449200.

Abstract

P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1 (PSGL-1) and E-selectin ligand-1 (ESL-1) are the two major selectin ligands on mouse neutrophils. Transfection experiments demonstrate that each ligand requires alpha1,3-fucosylation for selectin-binding. However, the relative contributions made by the two known myeloid alpha1, 3-fucosyltransferases Fuc-TVII or Fuc-TIV to this alpha1, 3-fucosylation are not yet clear. To address this issue, we have used mice deficient in Fuc-TIV and/or Fuc-TVII to examine how these enzymes generate selectin-binding glycoforms of PSGL-1 and ESL-1 in mouse neutrophils. Selectin binding was analyzed by affinity isolation experiments using recombinant, antibody-like forms of the respective endothelial selectins. We observe essentially normal binding of E- or P-selectin to PSGL-1 expressed by Fuc-TIV-deficient neutrophils but find that PSGL-1 expressed by Fuc-TVII-deficient neutrophils is not bound by E- or P-selectin. By contrast, E-selectin binds with normal efficiency to ESL-1 on Fuc-TVII-deficient neutrophils but exhibits an 80% reduction in its ability to bind ESL-1 isolated from Fuc-TIV-deficient neutrophils. The same specificity with which Fuc-TVII and Fuc-TIV generate selectin-binding forms of PSGL-1 and ESL-1 was found in transfection experiments with CHO-Pro(-)5 cells. In contrast, each fucosyltransferase alone could generate selectin-binding glycoforms of each of the two ligands in CHO-DUKX-B1 cells. Our data imply that in mouse neutrophils and their precursors, Fuc-TVII exclusively directs expression of PSGL-1 glycoforms bound with high affinity by P-selectin. By contrast, Fuc-TIV preferentially directs expression of ESL-1 glycoforms that exhibit high affinity for E-selectin. This substrate specificity can be mimicked in CHO-Pro(-)5 cells.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biotinylation
  • CHO Cells
  • Chromatography, Affinity
  • Cricetinae
  • Fucosyltransferases / genetics
  • Fucosyltransferases / metabolism*
  • Immunoglobulin G / metabolism
  • Ligands
  • Membrane Glycoproteins / metabolism*
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Mice, Inbred DBA
  • Neutrophils / enzymology*
  • Precipitin Tests
  • Protein Binding
  • Protein Isoforms
  • Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor / metabolism*
  • Recombinant Proteins / metabolism
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Selectins / metabolism
  • Sialoglycoproteins
  • Transfection

Substances

  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Ligands
  • Membrane Glycoproteins
  • P-selectin ligand protein
  • Protein Isoforms
  • Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Selectins
  • Sialoglycoproteins
  • cysteine-rich fibroblast growth factor receptor
  • Fucosyltransferases
  • galactoside 3-fucosyltransferase