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Biology of Reproduction, Vol 46, 912-919, Copyright © 1992 by Society for the Study of Reproduction

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Qualitative characterization of oligosaccharide chains present on the rat zona pellucida glycoconjugates

Y Araki, MC Orgebin-Crist and DR Tulsiani
Center for Reproductive Biology Research, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-2633.

Zona pellucida (ZP), the extracellular glycocalyx surrounding the mammalian oocyte, is believed to mediate species-specific sperm-egg interaction. Despite numerous studies on characterization of ZP glycoconjugates in several species, little or no information is available on the number and chemical nature of the various components of the rat ZP. In this study we have attempted the biochemical characterization of the rat ZP using endo- and/or exo-glycohydrolases. Intact eggs from superovulated rats were radioiodinated by the chloramine-T method, and the labeled ZP components were resolved on SDS- PAGE under nonreducing conditions. These studies show that the rat ZP consists of three components with apparent molecular masses of 205 kDa (ZP1), 119 kDa (ZP2), and 115 kDa (ZP3). Unlike mouse ZP2 and ZP3, which resolve as distinct components on SDS-PAGE, rat ZP2 and ZP3 show substantial overlap in their molecular sizes and isoelectric points. Treatment of the rat ZP components with exo- (neuraminidase and alpha-L- fucosidase) and/or endo- (endoglycosidase H, endoglycosidase F, N- glycanase, and O-glycanase) glycohydrolases indicated the following: 1) Both rat ZP2 and ZP3 contain N-linked oligosaccharide (OS) units as indicated by their sensitivity to endoglycosidase F and N-glycanase. 2) Treatment with N-glycanase caused a reduction in size of the rat ZP2 and ZP3 components by nearly 50% and 60%, respectively, indicating that the two ZP components are highly glycosylated. 3) Rat ZP3 was sensitive to O-glycanase, suggesting that this ZP component contains O-linked OS unit(s). 4) No evidence was obtained for the presence of fucosyl or sialyl residue(s) on the O-linked OS unit(s) of rat ZP3.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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