期刊名称:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
印刷版ISSN:0027-8424
电子版ISSN:1091-6490
出版年度:1979
卷号:76
期号:2
页码:685-689
DOI:10.1073/pnas.76.2.685
语种:English
出版社:The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
摘要:125I-Labeled membrane glycoproteins that specifically interact with diphtheria toxin and CRM197 protein--but not with diphtheria toxoid, fragment A of diphtheria toxin, or cholera toxin--were detected by use of the lactoperoxidase labeling technique followed by an immunoprecipitation system. These glycoproteins, which adhere to lentil lectin-Sepharose columns, are present on the surface of diphtheria toxin-sensitive guinea pig lymph node cells but are completely lacking on the surface of diphtheria toxin-resistant mouse L cells. The major 125I-labeled glycoprotein that interacts with diphtheria toxin exhibits anomalous behavior, characteristic of glycoproteins, when analyzed by sodium dodecyl sulfate/polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. This demonstration of the biochemical nature of specific diphtheria toxin binding membrane components raises the possibility that the detected components are diphtheria toxin receptors.