Quantification of gangliotetraose gangliosides with cholera toxin

Gusheng Wu, Robert Ledeen

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Abstract

A procedure is described for assay of GM1 and other gangliotetraose-type gangliosides at the picomole level. The gangliosides are adsorbed onto polystyrene microwells and treated with neuraminidase and then with cholera toxin B subunits conjugated to horseradish peroxidase. Color is developed and quantified spectrophotometrically. Omission of neuraminidase gives a measure of GM1 alone. Linearity was obtained between 0.5 and 3 pmol. This procedure was applied to ganglioside mixtures isolated fron neuro-2A neuroblastoma and PC12 pheochromocytoma cells. For the latter, an additional step involving reaction with fucosidase increased the yield of GM1 due to the presence of fucosylated gangliosides. Application of the same reagents as a TLC overlay procedure to the gangliosides from neuro-2A cells revealed the presence of GD1a, GD1b, and GT1b in addition to GM1, thus confirming the presence of a family of gangliotetraose gangliosides.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)368-375
Number of pages8
JournalAnalytical Biochemistry
Volume173
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 1988
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Biophysics
  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology

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