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However, the exact structures of CT-binding GM1 lipoforms of primary human colon epithelial cells (pHCoEpiCs) have not yet been described in detail. The same holds true for generating further GM1 receptor molecules from higher sialylated gangliosides with a GM1 core through the neuraminidase of V. cholerae. To avoid the artificial incorporation of exogenous gangliosides from animal serum harboring GM1 and higher sialylated ganglio-series gangliosides, pHCoEpiCs were cultured in serum-free medium. Thin-layer chromatography overlay binding assays using a choleragenoid combined with electrospray ionization mass spectrometry revealed GM1 lipoforms with sphingosine (d18:1) as the sole sphingoid base linked to C14:0, C16:0, C18:0 or C20:0 fatty acyl chains forming the ceramide (Cer) moieties of the main choleragenoid-binding GM1 species. Desialylation of GD1a (IV3Neu5Ac,II3Neu5Ac-Gg4Cer) and GT1b (IV3Neu5Ac,II3(Neu5Ac)2-Gg4Cer) of pHCoEpiCs by V. cholerae neuraminidase was observed. GD1a-derived GM1 species with stable sphingosine (d18:1) and saturated fatty acyl chains varying in chain length from C16:0 up to C22:0 could be identified, indicating the ingenious interplay between CT and the neuraminidase of V. cholerae recruiting additional GM1 receptors of pHCoEpiCs.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/microorganisms10061255","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,6,21]],"date-time":"2022-06-21T04:39:55Z","timestamp":1655786395000},"page":"1255","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Ingenious Action of Vibrio cholerae Neuraminidase Recruiting Additional GM1 Cholera Toxin Receptors for Primary Human Colon Epithelial Cells"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Johanna","family":"Detzner","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Hygiene, University of M\u00fcnster, 48149 Munster, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Charlotte","family":"P\u00fcttmann","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Hygiene, University of M\u00fcnster, 48149 Munster, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gottfried","family":"Pohlentz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Hygiene, University of M\u00fcnster, 48149 Munster, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9958-3514","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Johannes","family":"M\u00fcthing","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Hygiene, University of M\u00fcnster, 48149 Munster, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,6,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"573","DOI":"10.1016\/S1995-7645(11)60149-1","article-title":"Cholera: A great global concern","volume":"4","author":"Mandal","year":"2011","journal-title":"Asian Pac. 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