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Inhibition of myoblast fusion by the glucosidase inhibitor N-methyl-1-deoxynojirimycin, but not by the mannosidase inhibitor 1-deoxymannojirimycin.


ABSTRACT: The effects of N-linked-oligosaccharide-processing inhibitors on the fusion of rat L6 myoblasts to form myotubes were examined. The glucosidase inhibitor N-methyl-1-deoxynojirimycin (MDJN) greatly inhibited fusion, whereas the mannosidase inhibitor 1-deoxymannojirimycin (ManDJN) had relatively little effect, although both compounds prevented the formation of N-linked complex oligosaccharides. These results indicate that complex oligosaccharides on glycoproteins do not play a role in myoblast fusion. With MDJN, high-mannose oligosaccharides containing three glucose residues and seven to eight mannose residues were found at the cell surface, whereas with ManDJN, non-glucosylated high-mannose oligosaccharides with seven to nine mannose residues were obtained. These results indicate that the persistence of glucose residues on high-mannose oligosaccharides may be responsible for the inhibition of fusion. It is suggested that glucose either masks the cell-surface recognition process leading to fusion or prevents the cell-surface expression of specific glycoprotein(s) essential to the fusion process.

SUBMITTER: Holland PC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1147140 | biostudies-other | 1986 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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