A lectin array analysis for wild-type and alpha-Gal-knockout pig islets versus healthy human islets

作者：Miyagawa Shuji^*; Maeda Akira; Takeishi Shunsaku; Ueno Takehisa; Usui Noriaki; Matsumoto Shinichi; Okitsu Teru; Goto Masafumi; Nagashima Hiroshi

来源：Surgery Today, 2013, 43(12): 1439-1447.

DOI：10.1007/s00595-013-0569-6

• Xenotransplantation
• Glycoantigen
• Lectin array
• Islets

We performed lectin microarray analyses of islets from wild-type (WT) pigs and alpha 1-3galactosyltransferase gene knockout (GKO) pigs and compared the results with the corresponding values for islets from healthy humans.
Islets were isolated from the pancreas. After sonication and centrifugation, the proteins in the supernatant from each islet were labeled with Cy3 and applied to a lectin array.
Despite negligible expression of the Gal antigen on the adult pig islets (APIs), GKO-islets showed weaker signals, not only for GS-I-B4 but also for PNA, WFA, PTL-I, and GS-I-A4, than the WT islets, indicating reduced contents of alpha-linked GalNAc and Gal beta 1-3GalNAc. In comparing the islets of pigs vs. humans, human islets showed stronger signals for UEA-I, AAL, TJA-II, EEL, WFA, HPA, DBA, SBA and PTL-I, indicating that besides ABO blood type antigens, high levels of fucose and alpha-linked GalNAc are present. On the other hand, the high mannose form was very rich in the APIs.
GKO reduced alpha-linked GalNAc, despite negligible expression of the Gal antigen on WT-API. On the other hand, the high-mannose form was richer in both APIs than in healthy human islets. These results provide useful information for future studies.

• 出版日期2013-12