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Infect Immun, April 1998, p. 1613-1621, Vol. 66, No. 4
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Characterization of the Carbohydrate Moiety of Intestinal Mucin-Type Sialoglycoprotein Receptors for the K88ac Fimbrial Adhesin of Escherichia coli

Philippe A. Grange, Alan K. Erickson,^* Timothy J. Anderson, and David H. Francis

Department of Veterinary Science, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota 57007-1396

Received 12 September 1997/Returned for modification 23 October 1997/Accepted 7 January 1998

We have previously identified two mucin-type sialoglycoproteins from porcine intestinal epithelial cells with approximate molecular masses of 210 (intestinal mucin-type glycoprotein IMTGP-1) and 240 kDa (IMTGP-2) as receptors for the K88ab and K88ac fimbrial adhesins of Escherichia coli. These receptors are detected in intestinal brush border membrane preparations from pigs with adhesive phenotypes but not from pigs with nonadhesive phenotypes and are postulated to be important determinants of the susceptibility of pigs to K88ab⁺ and K88ac⁺ enterotoxigenic E. coli infections. Using exoglycosidase digestion studies, we have now determined that -linked galactose is an important component in the recognition of IMTGP-1 and IMTGP-2 by the K88ac adhesin. In addition, we observed a differential distribution of the K88ac adhesin binding activity of IMTGP-1 and IMTGP-2 along the crypt-villus axis, suggesting that receptor activity is dependent on the maturation state of the intestinal epithelial cells. Brush borders from immature intestinal epithelial cells possessed the highest concentrations of IMTGP-1 and IMTGP-2 receptor activity, with a progressive decrease in receptor activity as the cells mature. To characterize the differences in the carbohydrate moieties of IMTGP-1 and IMTGP-2, we developed a procedure for purifying the receptors, using phenol extraction followed by serial lectin affinity chromatography. Carbohydrate compositional analysis of the purified receptors indicated that the carbohydrate moieties of IMTGP-1 and IMTGP-2 consist of both N- and O-glycans containing galactose, glucose, sialic acid, mannose, N-acetylgalactosamine, N-acetylglucosamine, and fucose. The major difference between the two receptors is that IMTGP-2 contains a higher percentage of monosaccharides (mannose and glucose) commonly found in N-glycans.

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^* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Veterinary Science, P.O. Box 2175, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57007-1396. Phone: (605) 688-5171. Fax: (605) 688-6003. E-mail: ericksoa{at}mg.sdstate.edu.

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