Seven ganglioside species were isolated and purified from erythrocyte membranes of Japanese cats by DEAE-Sephadex and Iatrobeads column chromatographies. The structures of these gangliosides were determined as Gmi(NeuGc), Gm3(NeuAc), GM3(NeuGc), GD3(NeuGc), GD3(NeuGc comes from NeuAc), GT3(NeuGc), and another GM3 containing a sialic acid of unidentified nature. The occurrence of GT3 suggested the probable presence of a biosynthetic pathway of GM3 leads to GD3 leads to GT3 in erythropoietic cells of Japanese cats. The presence of GD3 having one penultimate N-glycolylneuraminic acid and one terminal N-acetylneuraminic acid, GD3(NeuGc comes from NeuAc) would indicate that this GD3 acts as an intermediate in a possible pathway from GM3(NeuGc) to GD3(NeuGc). Thin layer chromatographic patterns of total erythrocyte membrane gangliosides were compared among Japanese cats (n = 3), lions (n = 3), a serval and a racoon dog. The three species of felid showed similar patterns to each other and contained N-glycolylneuraminic acid as the major sialic acid. On the other hand, erythrocytes of racoon dog, a member of canidae, contained neither GD3 nor GT3, but only GM3.
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