Abstract
To investigate the mechanism of glycophospholipid anchoring of the surface antigen Thy-1, we have undertaken a comparative biosynthetic study using a wild-type Thy-1+ murine T lymphoma (BW5147) and a mutant T lymphoma (class E) that synthesizes Thy-1 but fails to express it on the plasma membrane. Labeling experiments with d-[2-3H]mannose demonstrate that, unlike the wild type, the mutant cells are secreting large amounts of Thy-1 and that the secreted molecules are hydrophilic. Moreover, unlike the wild type, they fail to incorporate [3H]palmitic acid into Thy-1. Both wild-type and mutant cells do incorporate labeled galactose and fucose into Thy-1. We conclude that the lack of surface expression of Thy-1 by this mutant results from the failure to add anchor components to Thy-1.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 653-657 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Cell |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 29 1986 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by an Elsa U. Pardee Foundation grant to S. H. F. and A. M. T. and by National Institutes of Health grant Al/GM21269 to A. M. T. We are thankful to Dr. R. Hyman for providing lymphoma cells and to Dr. A. Williams for providing anti-Thy-1 serum. We are grateful to Miss Sara Cechner for typing the manuscript.
