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Effect of retinoic acid on two glycosyltransferase activities in C6 cultured glioma cells. 1990

P Reboul, and P Broquet, and P George, and P Louisot

INSERM U.189, Laboratoire de Biochimie Générale et Médicale, Faculté de Médecine Lyon-Sud, Oullins, France.

1. Activity of two glycosyltransferases was studied in retinoic acid-treated C6 cultured glioma cells. 2. The beta-galactoside alpha 2,3-sialyltransferase transferring N-acetylneuramin onto the O-glycans residues of glycoproteins was activated up to twice after chronic treatment (from 24 to 96 hr) with all-trans retinoic acid. 3. No effect was observed for shorter treatments. 4. On the opposite, the N-glycan galactosyltransferase activity remained unchanged whatever the length of retinoic acid treatment was. 5. The activatory effect was not dependent on isomery, as all-trans and 13-cis retinoic acid isomers were both activators of the C6 glioma cell sialyltransferase. 6. Measurement of adhesion of retinoic acid-treated cells using labelled plasma membranes showed an enhancement of adhesion in correlation with enhancement of sialyltransferase activity.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007536	Isomerism	The phenomenon whereby certain chemical compounds have structures that are different although the compounds possess the same elemental composition. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 5th ed)	Isomerisms
D007700	Kinetics	The rate dynamics in chemical or physical systems.
D001921	Brain	The part of CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM that is contained within the skull (CRANIUM). Arising from the NEURAL TUBE, the embryonic brain is comprised of three major parts including PROSENCEPHALON (the forebrain); MESENCEPHALON (the midbrain); and RHOMBENCEPHALON (the hindbrain). The developed brain consists of CEREBRUM; CEREBELLUM; and other structures in the BRAIN STEM.	Encephalon
D002448	Cell Adhesion	Adherence of cells to surfaces or to other cells.	Adhesion, Cell,Adhesions, Cell,Cell Adhesions
D004789	Enzyme Activation	Conversion of an inactive form of an enzyme to one possessing metabolic activity. It includes 1, activation by ions (activators); 2, activation by cofactors (coenzymes); and 3, conversion of an enzyme precursor (proenzyme or zymogen) to an active enzyme.	Activation, Enzyme,Activations, Enzyme,Enzyme Activations
D005700	Galactosyltransferases	Enzymes that catalyze the transfer of galactose from a nucleoside diphosphate galactose to an acceptor molecule which is frequently another carbohydrate. EC 2.4.1.-.	Galactosyltransferase
D005910	Glioma	Benign and malignant central nervous system neoplasms derived from glial cells (i.e., astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, and ependymocytes). Astrocytes may give rise to astrocytomas (ASTROCYTOMA) or glioblastoma multiforme (see GLIOBLASTOMA). Oligodendrocytes give rise to oligodendrogliomas (OLIGODENDROGLIOMA) and ependymocytes may undergo transformation to become EPENDYMOMA; CHOROID PLEXUS NEOPLASMS; or colloid cysts of the third ventricle. (From Escourolle et al., Manual of Basic Neuropathology, 2nd ed, p21)	Glial Cell Tumors,Malignant Glioma,Mixed Glioma,Glial Cell Tumor,Glioma, Malignant,Glioma, Mixed,Gliomas,Gliomas, Malignant,Gliomas, Mixed,Malignant Gliomas,Mixed Gliomas,Tumor, Glial Cell,Tumors, Glial Cell
D000094802	beta-D-Galactoside alpha 2-6-Sialyltransferase	Sialyltransferases that catalyze the transfer of N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID from CYTIDINE MONOPHOSPHATE N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID to the 6-OH of the GALACTOSE residue of N-GLYCANS.	CMP-Acetylneuraminate Galactoside (alpha 2-6)-Sialyltransferase,CMP-N-Acetylneuraminate-Galactosylglycoprotein Sialyltransferase ST6GAL,CMP-N-Acetylneuraminate-beta-Galactoside alpha-2,6-Sialyltransferase,CMP-N-Acetylneuraminic Acid-Lactose Sialytransferase,CMP-NeuAc-Galactoside (alpha 2-6)-Sialyltransferase,CMP-Sialic Acid-N-Acetyllactosaminide alpha (2-6)-Sialyltransferase,Gal-1-4-GlcNAc alpha(2-6)-Sialyltransferase,alpha 2-6-Sialyltransferase,alpha2,6(N) Sialyltransferase,alpha6-Sialyltransferase,beta-D-Galactoside alpha-2-6-Sialyltransferase,beta-Galactoside alpha2,6-Sialyltransferase,beta-Galactosyl(1-4)N-Acetylglucosaminide alpha(2-6)-Sialyltransferase,Gal-GlcNAc(2-6)-sialyltransferase,SIAT-1,ST6(N),ST6Gal I,ST6Gal-1,2-6-Sialyltransferase, alpha,2-6-Sialyltransferase, beta-D-Galactoside alpha,Acid-Lactose Sialytransferase, CMP-N-Acetylneuraminic,CMP N Acetylneuraminate Galactosylglycoprotein Sialyltransferase ST6GAL,CMP N Acetylneuraminate beta Galactoside alpha 2,6 Sialyltransferase,CMP N Acetylneuraminic Acid Lactose Sialytransferase,SIAT 1,ST6GAL, CMP-N-Acetylneuraminate-Galactosylglycoprotein Sialyltransferase,ST6Gal 1,Sialyltransferase ST6GAL, CMP-N-Acetylneuraminate-Galactosylglycoprotein,Sialytransferase, CMP-N-Acetylneuraminic Acid-Lactose,alpha 2 6 Sialyltransferase,alpha 2-6-Sialyltransferase, beta-D-Galactoside,alpha-2,6-Sialyltransferase, CMP-N-Acetylneuraminate-beta-Galactoside,alpha-2-6-Sialyltransferase, beta-D-Galactoside,alpha2,6-Sialyltransferase, beta-Galactoside,alpha6 Sialyltransferase,beta D Galactoside alpha 2 6 Sialyltransferase,beta Galactoside alpha2,6 Sialyltransferase
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D012799	Sialyltransferases	A group of enzymes with the general activity CMP-N-acetylneuraminate:acceptor N-acetylneuraminyl transferase. They catalyze the transfer of N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID from CMP-N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID to an acceptor, which is usually the terminal sugar residue of an oligosaccharide, a glycoprotein, or a glycolipid.	Glycoprotein Sialyltransferases,Glycosyltransferase Family 29,Sialyltransferase,Ectosialyltransferase,Glycoprotein Sialyltransferase,Sialyltransferase, Glycoprotein,Sialyltransferases, Glycoprotein