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Deaminoneuraminic acid (KDN) is a unique member of the sialic acid family. We previously demonstrated that free KDN is synthesized de novo from mannose as its precursor sugar in trout testis, and that the amount of intracellular KDN increases in mouse B16 melanoma cells cultured in mannose-rich media [Angata et al. (1999) J. Biol. Chem. 274, 22949–56; Angata et al. (1999) Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 261, 326–31]. In the present study, we first demonstrated a mannose-induced increase in intracellular KDN in various cultured mouse and human cell lines. These results led us to examine whether KDN expression in mouse organs is altered by exogenously administered mannose. Under normal feeding conditions, intracellular free KDN was present at very low levels (19–48 pmol/mg protein) in liver, spleen, and lung, and was not detected in kidney or brain. Oral ingestion of mannose, both short-term (90 min) and long-term (2 wk), resulted in an increase of intracellular KDN up to 60–81 pmol/mg protein in spleen and lung and 6.9–18 pmol/mg protein in kidney and brain; however, no change was observed in liver. The level of KDN in organs appears not to be determined only by the KDN 9-phosphate synthase activity, but might also be affected by other enzymes that utilize mannose 6-phosphate as a substrate as well as the enzymes that breakdown KDN, like KDN-pyruvate lyase. In blood, the detectable amount of free KDN did not change on oral ingestion of mannose. These findings indicate that mannose in the diet affects KDN metabolism in various organs, and provide clues to the mechanism of altered KDN expression in some tumor cells and aged organs.
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Go, S., Sato, C., Furuhata, K. et al. Oral ingestion of mannose alters the expression level of deaminoneuraminic acid (KDN) in mouse organs. Glycoconj J 23, 411–421 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10719-006-6734-z
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