Journal: Biomedical Reports
Article Title: Preliminary exploration of the expression of acetylcholinesterase in normal human T lymphocytes and leukemic Jurkat T cells
doi: 10.3892/br.2024.1846
Figure Lengend Snippet: Lectin affinity chromatography analysis of AChE glycosylation in human T lymphocytes and Jurkat cells. Solubilized AChE protein extracts (S 1 +S 2 fractions) from normal human T lymphocytes and Jurkat E6-1 leukemia cells were incubated overnight at 4˚C with Sepharose-4B beads (control for nonspecific binding) or lectin-conjugated Sepharose-4B beads specific for ConA, recognizing mannose residues, LCA recognizing D-mannose bound to fucose residues, RCA, recognizing galactose or terminal sialic acid residues and WGA recognizing N-acetyl-glucosamine residues. Unbound AChE activity in the supernatants was measured via a microplate assay and expressed as a percentage of the total AChE activity in the Sepharose-4B control (100%). T lymphocytes: AChE displayed decreased binding to ConA (33%), moderate binding to LCA (66%) and WGA (63%) and increased binding to RCA (75%). Jurkat cells: AChE exhibited increased binding to ConA (66%) and LCA (72%) compared with T-lymphocytes, suggesting increased levels of mannose and fucose-associated mannose residues. Conversely, Jurkat cells showed decreased binding to RCA (67%) compared with T lymphocytes, indicating potentially reduced levels of galactose or sialic acid residues. Binding to WGA (67%) remained statistically similar (P<0.05) between both cell lines. AChE, acetylcholinesterase; ConA, Concanavalin A; LCA, Lens culinaris agglutinin; RCA, Ricinus communis agglutinin; WGA, wheat germ agglutinin.
Article Snippet: The human T lymphoblast cell line Jurkat E6-1 (TIB-152) was obtained from the American Type Culture Collection.
Techniques: Affinity Chromatography, Glycoproteomics, Incubation, Control, Binding Assay, Activity Assay