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Chemistry and Biology of Bioactive Glycolipids of Marine Origin. Mar Drugs 2018; 16:md16090294. [PMID: 30135377 PMCID: PMC6163716 DOI: 10.3390/md16090294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2018] [Revised: 08/09/2018] [Accepted: 08/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Glycolipids represent a broad class of natural products structurally featured by a glycosidic fragment linked to a lipidic molecule. Despite the large structural variety of these glycoconjugates, they can be classified into three main groups, i.e., glycosphingolipids, glycoglycerolipids, and atypical glycolipids. In the particular case of glycolipids derived from marine sources, an impressive variety in their structural features and biological properties is observed, thus making them prime targets for chemical synthesis. In the present review, we explore the chemistry and biology of this class of compounds.
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Barreto-Bergter E, Sassaki GL, de Souza LM. Structural analysis of fungal cerebrosides. Front Microbiol 2011; 2:239. [PMID: 22164155 PMCID: PMC3230030 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2011] [Accepted: 11/13/2011] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Of the ceramide monohexosides (CMHs), gluco- and galactosyl-ceramides are the main neutral glycosphingolipids expressed in fungal cells. Their structural determination is greatly dependent on the use of mass spectrometric techniques, including fast atom bombardment-mass spectrometry, electrospray ionization, and energy collision-induced dissociation mass spectrometry. Nuclear magnetic resonance has also been used successfully. Such a combination of techniques, combined with classical analytical separation, such as high-performance thin layer chromatography and column chromatography, has led to the structural elucidation of a great number of fungal CMHs. The structure of fungal CMH is conserved among fungal species and consists of a glucose or galactose residue attached to a ceramide moiety containing 9-methyl-4,8-sphingadienine with an amidic linkage to hydroxylated fatty acids, most commonly having 16 or 18 carbon atoms and unsaturation between C-3 and C-4. Along with their unique structural characteristics, fungal CMHs have a peculiar subcellular distribution and striking biological properties. Fungal cerebrosides were also characterized as antigenic molecules directly or indirectly involved in cell growth or differentiation in Schizophyllum commune, Cryptococcus neoformans, Pseudallescheria boydii, Candida albicans, Aspergillus nidulans, Aspergillus fumigatus, and Colletotrichum gloeosporioides. Besides classical techniques for cerebroside (CMH) analysis, we now describe new approaches, combining conventional thin layer chromatography and mass spectrometry, as well as emerging technologies for subcellular localization and distribution of glycosphingolipids by secondary ion mass spectrometry and imaging matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight.
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- Eliana Barreto-Bergter
- Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Black FJ, Kocienski PJ. Synthesis of phalluside-1 and Sch II using 1,2-metallate rearrangements. Org Biomol Chem 2010; 8:1188-93. [DOI: 10.1039/b920285d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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DUR LAD. Isolation and characterization of branched chain fatty acids (other than those derived from phytol) in cod liver oil. Int J Food Sci Technol 2007. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1983.tb00261.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Ternes P, Sperling P, Albrecht S, Franke S, Cregg JM, Warnecke D, Heinz E. Identification of fungal sphingolipid C9-methyltransferases by phylogenetic profiling. J Biol Chem 2005; 281:5582-92. [PMID: 16339149 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m512864200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Fungal glucosylceramides play an important role in plant-pathogen interactions enabling plants to recognize the fungal attack and initiate specific defense responses. A prime structural feature distinguishing fungal glucosylceramides from those of plants and animals is a methyl group at the C9-position of the sphingoid base, the biosynthesis of which has never been investigated. Using information on the presence or absence of C9-methylated glucosylceramides in different fungal species, we developed a bioinformatics strategy to identify the gene responsible for the biosynthesis of this C9-methyl group. This phylogenetic profiling allowed the selection of a single candidate out of 24-71 methyltransferase sequences present in each of the fungal species with C9-methylated glucosylceramides. A Pichia pastoris knock-out strain lacking the candidate sphingolipid C9-methyltransferase was generated, and indeed, this strain contained only non-methylated glucosylceramides. In a complementary approach, a Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain was engineered to produce glucosylceramides suitable as a substrate for C9-methylation. C9-methylated sphingolipids were detected in this strain expressing the candidate from P. pastoris, demonstrating its function as a sphingolipid C9-methyltransferase. The enzyme belongs to the superfamily of S-adenosylmethionine-(SAM)-dependent methyltransferases and shows highest sequence similarity to plant and bacterial cyclopropane fatty acid synthases. An in vitro assay showed that sphingolipid C9-methylation is membrane-bound and requires SAM and Delta4,8-desaturated ceramide as substrates.
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- Philipp Ternes
- Biozentrum Klein Flottbek und Botanischer Garten, Universität Hamburg, Ohnhorststrasse 18, D-22609 Hamburg, Germany.
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Sphingosines, or sphingoids, are a family of naturally occurring long-chain hydrocarbon derivatives sharing a common 1,3-dihydroxy-2-amino-backbone motif. The majority of sphingolipids, as their derivatives are collectively known, can be found in cell membranes in the form of amphiphilic conjugates, each composed of a polar head group attached to an N-acylated sphingoid, or ceramide. Glycosphingolipids (GSLs), which are the glycosides of either ceramide or myo-inositol-(1-O)-phosphoryl-(O-1)-ceramide, are a structurally and functionally diverse sphingolipid subclass; GSLs are ubiquitously distributed among all eukaryotic species and are found in some bacteria. Since GSLs are secondary metabolites, direct and comprehensive analysis (metabolomics) must be considered an essential complement to genomic and proteomic approaches for establishing the structural repertoire within an organism and deducing its possible functional roles. The glycosphingolipidome clearly comprises an important and extensive subset of both the glycome and the lipidome, but the complexities of GSL structure, biosynthesis, and function form the outlines of a considerable analytical problem, especially since their structural diversity confers by extension an enormous variability with respect to physicochemical properties. This chapter covers selected developments and applications of techniques in mass spectrometric (MS) that have contributed to GSL structural analysis and glycosphingolipidomics since 1990. Sections are included on basic characteristics of ionization and fragmentation of permethylated GSLs and of lithium-adducted nonderivatized GSLs under positive-ion electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) and collision-induced mass spectrometry (CID-MS) conditions; on the analysis of sulfatides, mainly using negative-ion techniques; and on selected applications of ESI-MS and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS) to emerging GSL structural, functional, and analytical issues. The latter section includes a particular focus on evolving techniques for analysis of gangliosides, GSLs containing sialic acid, as well as on characterizations of GSLs from selected nonmammalian eukaryotes, such as dipterans, nematodes, cestodes, and fungi. Additional sections focus on the issue of whether it is better to leave GSLs intact or remove the ceramide; on development and uses of thin-layer chromatography (TLC) blotting and TLC-MS techniques; and on emerging issues of high-throughput analysis, including the use of flow injection, liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC-MS), and capillary electrophoresis mass spectrometry (CE-MS).
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- Steven B Levery
- Department of Chemistry, University of New Hamphsire, Durham, USA
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Jiang T, Li T, Li J, Fu HZ, Pei YH, Lin WH. Cerebroside analogues from marine-derived fungus Aspergillus flavipes. JOURNAL OF ASIAN NATURAL PRODUCTS RESEARCH 2004; 6:249-257. [PMID: 15621583 DOI: 10.1080/1028602031000147384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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From the mycelium of the marine-derived fungus Aspergillus flavipes, isolated from the sea anemone Anthopleura xanthogrammica, two new cerebroside analogues, namely flavicerebrosides A (1): [(2S,2'R,3R,4E,8E)-N-2'-hydroxyoctadecanoyl-1-O-beta--galactopyranosyl-9-methyl-4,8-sphingadienine], and B (2): [(2S,2'R,3R,3'E,4E,8E)-N-2'-hydroxy-3'-octadecenoyl-1-O-beta--galactopyranosyl-9-methyl-4,8-sphingadienine], together with two known glycosphingolipids cerebrosides D (3) and C (4), were isolated. Their structures were identified by means of extensive spectroscopic analysis (IR, UV, 2D NMR, MS, CD) and chemical degradation. All four compounds showed cytotoxic activity against the KB cell line.
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- Ting Jiang
- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Peking University, Beijing, China
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Jin-Ming G, Wei-Ming Z, She-Qi Z, Xing Z, An-Ling Z, Hui C, Yue-Ying S, Ming T. Sphingolipids from the edible fungusTuber indicum. EUR J LIPID SCI TECH 2004. [DOI: 10.1002/ejlt.200401052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Barreto-Bergter E, Pinto MR, Rodrigues ML. Structure and biological functions of fungal cerebrosides. AN ACAD BRAS CIENC 2004; 76:67-84. [PMID: 15048196 DOI: 10.1590/s0001-37652004000100007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Ceramide monohexosides (CMHs, cerebrosides) are glycosphingolipids composed of a hydrophobic ceramide linked to one sugar unit. In fungal cells, CMHs are very conserved molecules consisting of a ceramide moiety containing 9-methyl-4,8-sphingadienine in amidic linkage to 2-hydroxyoctadecanoic or 2-hydroxyhexadecanoic acids, and a carbohydrate portion consisting of one residue of glucose or galactose. 9-Methyl 4,8-sphingadienine-containing ceramides are usually glycosylated to form fungal cerebrosides, but the recent description of a ceramide dihexoside (CDH) presenting phytosphingosine in Magnaporthe grisea suggests the existence of alternative pathways of ceramide glycosylation in fungal cells. Along with their unique structural characteristics, fungal CMHs have a peculiar subcellular distribution and striking biological properties. In Pseudallescheria boydii, Candida albicans, Cryptococcus neoformans, Aspergillus nidulans, A. fumigatus, and Schizophyllum commune, CMHs are apparently involved in morphological transitions and fungal growth. The elucidation of structural and functional aspects of fungal cerebrosides may therefore contribute to the design of new antifungal agents inhibiting growth and differentiation of pathogenic species.
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- Eliana Barreto-Bergter
- Instituto de Microbiologia Professor Paulo de Góes, Departamento de Microbiologia Geral, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21941-590, Brasil.
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da Silva AFC, Rodrigues ML, Farias SE, Almeida IC, Pinto MR, Barreto-Bergter E. Glucosylceramides inColletotrichum gloeosporioidesare involved in the differentiation of conidia into mycelial cells. FEBS Lett 2004; 561:137-43. [PMID: 15013765 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(04)00156-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2003] [Revised: 01/30/2004] [Accepted: 02/03/2004] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Glucosylceramides (GlcCer) were extracted from the plant pathogen Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and purified by several chromatographic steps. By using electrospray ionization mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance, GlcCer from C. gloeosporioides were identified as N-2'-hydroxyoctadecanoyl-1-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-9-methyl-4,8-sphingadienine and N-2'-hydroxyoctadecenoyl-1-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-9-methyl-4,8-sphingadienine. Monoclonal antibodies against these structures were produced and used as tools for the evaluation of the role of GlcCer in the morphological transition of C. gloeosporioides. In the presence of antibodies to GlcCer, the differentiation of conidia into mycelia was blocked. Since GlcCer is present in several plant pathogens, the inhibitory activity of external ligands recognizing these structures may be applicable in other models of fungal infections.
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- André F C da Silva
- Instituto de Microbiologia Professor Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Bloco I, Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro 21941-590, Brazil
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Liu JK, Hu L, Dong ZJ. A glucosylceramide with a novel ceramide and three novel ceramides from the basidiomycete Cortinarius umidicola. Lipids 2003; 38:669-75. [PMID: 12934678 DOI: 10.1007/s11745-003-1113-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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A glucosylceramide with novel ceramide and three novel ceramide homologs were isolated from the basidiomycete Cortinarius umidicola and structurally characterized. The ceramide portion of the glucocerebroside consists of a rare (4E,8E)-9-methyl-4,8-sphingadienine sphingoid base. In contrast, the three ceramide homologs, while having the same sphingoid base, contain as FA residues 2-hydroxydocosanoic acid, 2-hydroxytricosanoic acid, and 2-hydroxytetracosanoic acid.
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- Ji-Kai Liu
- Kunming Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650204, People's Republic of China.
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Batrakov SG, Konova IV, Sheichenko VI, Galanina LA. Glycolipids of the filamentous fungus Absidia corymbifera F-295. Chem Phys Lipids 2003; 123:157-64. [PMID: 12691848 DOI: 10.1016/s0009-3084(02)00166-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The lipids extracted with CHCl(3)/MeOH mixtures from mycelium of the lower filamentous fungus Absidia corymbifera F-295 were found to contain three glycolipids. Based on the IR, 1H and 13C NMR spectra, plasma-desorption ionisation (PDI) mass spectra as well as chemical degradation results, the glycolipids were established to be 1-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-2-N-(2'-D-hydroxyhexadecanoyl)-9-methylsphinga-4(E),8(E)-dienine (glucosyl ceramide) and 2-O-(6'-O-beta-D-galactopyranosyl)-beta-D-galactopyranosides of 2-D-hydroxy and erythro-2,3-dihydroxy fatty acids C(9), C(11), and C(13). They accounted for about 3.4, 0.8, and 0.4%, respectively, of the total lipids extracted. No lipids identical to the above monohydroxy and dihydroxy fatty acid glycosides have been reported.
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- S G Batrakov
- Russian Research Centre 'Hydrobios', Ministry of Health, ul. Kosmonavtov 18, korp. 2, Moscow, 129301, Russia
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Gao JM, Hu L, Dong ZJ, Liu JK. New glycosphingolipid containing an unusual sphingoid base from the basidiomycete Polyporus ellisii. Lipids 2001; 36:521-7. [PMID: 11432466 DOI: 10.1007/s11745-001-0752-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A new 9-methyl-sphinga-4,8-dienine-containing glucocerebroside (1), together with two additional known analogs, cerebrosides B and D, was isolated from the chloroform-soluble lipid fraction of the ethanol and chloroform/methanol extract of the fruiting bodies of the basidiomycete Polyporus ellisii Berk. and characterized. The structure and relative stereochemistry of the new compound were identified as (2S,3R,4E,8E-1-(beta-D-glucopyranosyl)-3-hydroxy-2-[(R)-2'-hydroxyheptadecanoyl]amino-9-methyl-4,8-octadecadiene by means of spectroscopic (1H,13C, and two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance; mass spectrometry) and chemical methods.
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- J M Gao
- Department of Phytochemisty, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, People's Republic of China
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Toledo MS, Levery SB, Suzuki E, Straus AH, Takahashi HK. Characterization of cerebrosides from the thermally dimorphic mycopathogen Histoplasma capsulatum: expression of 2-hydroxy fatty N-acyl (E)-Delta(3)-unsaturation correlates with the yeast-mycelium phase transition. Glycobiology 2001; 11:113-24. [PMID: 11287398 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/11.2.113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Cerebroside (monohexosylceramide) components were identified in neutral lipids extracted from both the yeast and mycelial forms of the thermally dimorphic mycopathogen Histoplasma capsulatum. The components were purified from both forms and their structures elucidated by 1- and 2-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS), and low energy tandem collision-induced dissociation mass spectrometry (ESI-MS/CID-MS). Both components were characterized as beta-glucopyranosylceramides (GlcCers) containing (4E,8E)-9-methyl-4,8-sphingadienine as the long-chain base, attached to 18-carbon 2-hydroxy fatty N-acyl components. However, while the fatty acid of the yeast form GlcCer was virtually all N-2'-hydroxyoctadecanoate, the mycelium form GlcCer was characterized by almost exclusive expression of N-2'-hydroxy-(E)-delta(3)-octadecenoate. These results suggest that the yeast-mycelium transition is accompanied by up-regulation of an as yet uncharacterized ceramide or cerebroside 2-hydroxy fatty N-acyl (E)-delta(3)-desaturase activity. They also constitute further evidence for the existence of two distinct pathways for ceramide biosynthesis in fungi, since glycosylinositol phosphorylceramides (GIPCs), the other major class of fungal glycosphingolipids, are found with ceramides consisting of 4-hydroxysphinganine (phytosphingosine) and longer chain 2-hydroxy fatty acids. In addition to identification of the major glucocerebroside components, minor components (< 5%) detectable by molecular weight differences in the ESI-MS profiles were also characterized by tandem ESI-MS/CID-MS analysis. These minor components were identified as variants differing in fatty acyl chain length, or the absence of the sphingoid 9-methyl group or (E)-delta(8)-unsaturation, and are hypothesized to be either biosynthetic intermediates or the result of imperfect chemical transformation by the enzymes responsible for these features. Possible implications of these findings with respect to chemotaxonomy, compartmentalization of fungal glycosphingolipid biosynthetic pathways, and regulation of morphological transitions in H.capsulatum and other dimorphic fungi are discussed.
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- M S Toledo
- Department of Biochemistry, Universidade Federal de São Paulo/Escola Paulista de Medicina, Rua Botucatu 862, 04023-900, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
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Tanaka R, Ishizaki H, Morita T, Miyahara K, Noda N. Evidence for the presence of 1,2-cyclic acetal type sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamines in the sea anemone, Actiniogeton sp. Lipids 2000; 35:665-71. [PMID: 10901429 DOI: 10.1007/s11745-000-0571-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Five 1,2-cyclic acetal-type sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamines (CGPE) were isolated in a pure state from the sea anemone, Actiniogeton sp. (Coelenterata). Their structures, including the absolute configurations, have been determined on the basis of chemical and spectral data to be so-called Feulgen's acetalphosphatides, which have been regarded as artifacts derived from original plasmalogens. We examined whether these CGPE are intact constituents in the animal tissues and obtained reliable confirmation that CGPE are normally present in the sea anemone.
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- R Tanaka
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Setsunan University, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan
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Levery SB, Toledo MS, Doong RL, Straus AH, Takahashi HK. Comparative analysis of ceramide structural modification found in fungal cerebrosides by electrospray tandem mass spectrometry with low energy collision-induced dissociation of Li+ adduct ions. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2000; 14:551-63. [PMID: 10775088 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0231(20000415)14:7<551::aid-rcm909>3.0.co;2-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Fungal cerebrosides (monohexosylceramides, or CMHs) exhibit a number of ceramide structural modifications not found in mammalian glycosphingolipids, which present additional challenges for their complete characterization. The use of Li+ cationization, in conjunction with electrospray ionization mass spectrometry and low energy collision-induced dissociation tandem mass spectrometry (ESI-MS/CID-MS), was found to be particularly effective for detailed structural analysis of complex fungal CMHs, especially minor components present in mixtures at extremely low abundance. A substantial increase in both sensitivity and fragmentation was observed on collision-induced dissociation of [M + Li]+ versus [M + Na]+ of the same CMH components analyzed under similar conditions. The effects of particular modifications on fragmentation were first systematically evaluated by analysis of a wide variety of standard CMHs expressing progressively more functionalized ceramides. These included bovine brain galactocerebrosides with non-hydroxy and 2-hydroxy fatty N-acylation; a plant glucocerebroside having (E/Z)-delta8 in addition to (E)-delta4 unsaturation of the sphingoid base; and a pair of fungal cerebrosides known to be further modified by a branching 9-methyl group on the sphingoid moiety, and to have a 2-hydroxy fatty N-acyl moiety either fully saturated or (E)-delta3 unsaturated. The method was then applied to characterization of both major and minor components in CMH fractions from a non-pathogenic mycelial fungus, Aspergillus niger; and from pathogenic strains of Candida albicans (yeast form); three Cryptococcus spp. (all yeast forms); and Paracoccidioides brasiliensis (both yeast and mycelium forms). The major components of all species examined differed primarily (and widely) in the level of 2-hydroxy fatty N-acyl delta3 unsaturation, but among the minor components a significant degree of additional structural diversity was observed, based on differences in sphingoid or N-acyl chain length, as well as on the presence or absence of the sphingoid delta8 unsaturation or 9-methyl group. Some variants were isobaric, and were not uniformly present in all species, affirming the need for MS/CID-MS analysis for full characterization of all components in a fungal CMH fraction. The diversity in ceramide distribution observed may reflect significant species-specific differences among fungi with respect to cerebroside biosynthesis and function.
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- S B Levery
- The Complex Carbohydrate Research Center and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens 30602-7229, USA.
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Pocsfalvi G, Malorni A, Mancini I, Guella G, Pietra F. Molecular characterization of a highly heterogeneous mixture of glucosylceramides from a deep-water Mediterranean scleractinian coral Dendrophyllia cornigera. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2000; 14:2247-2259. [PMID: 11114036 DOI: 10.1002/1097-0231(20001215)14:23<2247::aid-rcm159>3.0.co;2-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We report here on the structural characterization of a highly heterogeneous mixture of glucosylceramides (GlcCers) isolated from a deep-water Mediterranian dendrophylliid coral, Dendrophyllia cornigera. The neutral glycosphingolipid (GSL) components of the coral were separated into three HPLC fractions which were structurally characterized by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and mass spectrometry (MS). NMR analysis revealed a beta-glucosylpyranose, a methyl branched conjugated sphingadienine and alpha-hydroxy fatty acid moieties characteristic for the species. Molecular mass distributions of the HPLC fractions were monitored using single-stage MS. At least 17 different GlcCer constituents with variable long-chain base and fatty acid residues were observed based on the molecular ion peaks in the liquid secondary ion (LSI) survey spectra. Structures of the individual components were revealed by product ion spectra of the alkali-cationized molecules ([M + Cat](+)), which resulted in two characteristic fragment ions, F(F) and F(S). Tandem MS of the same fragment ions formed in the ion source showed that F(F) carries the hydoxy fatty acid, while F(S) carries the long-chain sphingoid base, thus providing complementary structural information for the characterization of ceramide composition. Based on the tandem mass spectra of the molecular ions [M + Na](+), 26 different GlcCers of the coral were identified. The ceramide moiety showed heterogeneity in both the sphingoid portion (d18:2, d19:2, d20:2 and d20:3) and the alpha-hydroxy fatty acid chain (h19-h24, either saturated or unsaturated), forming an extremely heterogeneous mixture. The method is generally applicable to the characterization of structurally heterogeneous GlcCer mixtures.
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- G Pocsfalvi
- Centro Internazionale di Servizi di Spettrometria di Massa, C.N.R., Istituto di Scienze dell'Alimentazione, via Roma 52 A-C, 83100 Avellino, Italy.
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Fattorusso E, Mangoni A. Marine glycolipids. FORTSCHRITTE DER CHEMIE ORGANISCHER NATURSTOFFE = PROGRESS IN THE CHEMISTRY OF ORGANIC NATURAL PRODUCTS. PROGRES DANS LA CHIMIE DES SUBSTANCES ORGANIQUES NATURELLES 1997; 72:215-301. [PMID: 9369093 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-6527-0_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- E Fattorusso
- Dipartimento di Chimica delle Sostanze Naturali, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
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Striegler S, Haslinger E. Cerebrosides fromfomitopsis pinicola (Sw. Ex Fr.) Karst. MONATSHEFTE FUR CHEMIE 1996. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00817267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Sawabe A, Morita M, Okamoto T, Ouchi S. The location of double bonds in a cerebroside from edible fungi (mushroom) estimated byB/E linked scan fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1994. [DOI: 10.1002/bms.1200231103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Boas MH, Egge H, Pohlentz G, Hartmann R, Bergter EB. Structural determination of N-2'-hydroxyoctadecenoyl-1-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-9-methyl-4, 8-sphingadienine from species of Aspergillus. Chem Phys Lipids 1994; 70:11-9. [PMID: 8013053 DOI: 10.1016/0009-3084(94)90043-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Ceramide monohexosides from Aspergillus fumigatus 2140 and 2109 strains and Aspergillus versicolor 550 strain, obtained by silica gel 60, and Iatrobeads chromatography were analysed using high-resolution 1D-, 2D-1H-NMR and 13C-NMR spectroscopy and fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry (FAB-MS). The ceramide monohexoside fraction (CMH) from A. fumigatus 2140 and A. versicolor 550 was identified as glucosylceramide, whereas glucose and galactose were present at a ratio of 1:1 in the CMH of A. fumigatus 2109. The major glycosphingolipid has a particular ceramide composition consisting of 9-methyl-4,8-sphingadienine linked to a 2-hydroxyoctadec-3-enoic acid. Although the structures presently described are similar to those of monohexosylceramides from other fungi, including edible ones, this is the first report on their occurrence in species pathogenic in humans.
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- M H Boas
- Departmento de Microbiologia Geral, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
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Makar'eva TN, Denisenko VA, Svetashev VI, Vysotskii MV, Stonik VA. Cerebrosides of the Far Eastern sponge Hymeniacidon assimilis. Chem Nat Compd 1989. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00598070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Methyl-branched fatty acids, which are usually minor components (equal or less than 0.1%) in fish oils, were concentrated in the non-urea-complexing fraction along with polyunsaturated fatty acids during the enrichment of omega-3 fatty acids from certain fish oils via the urea complexation process. The methyl-branched fatty acids in the omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid concentrates, which were prepared from three fish body oils, were characterized by gas chromatography and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Among the major branched-chain fatty acids expected and identified were the known isoprenoid acids--mainly 4,8,12-trimethyltridecanoic, pristanic, and phytanic--and the well-known iso and anteiso structures. Two novel phytol-derived multimethyl-branched fatty acids, 2,2,6,10,14-pentamethylpentadecanoic and 2,3,7,11,15-pentamethylhexadecanoic, were identified in redfish (Sebastes sp.) oil. These two fatty acids were absent in oils from menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus) and Pacific salmon (mixed, but mostly from sockeye, Oncorhynchus nerka). The major branched-chain fatty acid in the salmon oil, 7-methyl-7-hexadecenoic acid, was also present to a moderate extent in menhaden oil. A novel vicinal dimethyl-branched fatty acid, 7,8-dimethyl-7-hexadecenoic was detected in all of the fish oils examined, but was most important in the salmon oil. Three monomethyl-branched fatty acids, 11-methyltetradecanoic acid, and 11- and 13-methylhexadecanoic, hitherto undescribed in fish lipids, were also detected in salmon, redfish and menhaden oils.
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- W M Ratnayake
- Technical University of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Canada B3J 2X4
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Matsubara T, Hayashi A, Banno Y, Morita T, Nozawa Y. Cerebroside of the dimorphic human pathogen, Candida albicans. Chem Phys Lipids 1987; 43:1-12. [PMID: 3555875 DOI: 10.1016/0009-3084(87)90012-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Structural studies on the cerebroside isolated from the yeast form of a dimorphic pathogen, Candida albicans were carried out using fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry (FAB/MS), proton magnetic resonance spectrometry, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and usual chemical methods. The component sugar was only glucose attached to ceramide in a beta-configuration. The major fatty acid was 2-hydroxystearic acid (62%). The predominant long chain base was identified as 9-methyl-C18-sphinga-4,8-dienine which is widely distributed in fungi and reported to be essential to the fruit-inducing activity of fungi. Therefore, the structure of the main molecular species of the cerebroside was determined to be N-2-hydroxystearoyl-1-O-beta-glucosyl-9-methyl-C18-sphinga-4 ,8-dienine. Cerebroside prepared from the mycelial form of C. albicans has the same structure.
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Fogedal M, Mickos H, Norberg T. Isolation ofN-2?-Hydroxyhexadecanoyl-1-O-?-d-glucopyranosyl-9-methyl-4,8-d-erythro-sphingadienine from fruiting bodies of twoBasidiomycetes fungi. Glycoconj J 1986. [DOI: 10.1007/bf01051773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Mori K, Funaki Y. Synthesis of (4,8,2,3,2')--2' -hydroxyhexadecanoyl-9-methyl-4,8-sphingadiemine, the ceramide portion of the fruiting-inducing cerebroside in a basidiomycete , and its (2,3)-isomer. Tetrahedron 1985. [DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4020(01)96632-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Glycosphingolipids * *Sialic acid-containing glycosphingolipids (the gangliosides) are discussed in a separate chapter (see Chapter 3). GLYCOLIPIDS 1985. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-7306(08)60020-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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Mori K, Funaki Y. Synthesis of (4,8,2,3,2'--2'-hydroxyhexadecanoyl-1--β-D-glucopyranosyl-9-methyl-4,8-sphingadienine, the fruiting-inducing cerebroside in a basidiomycete. Tetrahedron 1985. [DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4020(01)96633-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Synthesis of (2s,3r,4e,8e)-n-(2′r)-2′-hydroxyhexadecanoyl-9-methyl-4,8-sphingadienine, the ceramide portion of the fruiting-inducing cerebroside in a basidiomycete schizophyllum commune. Tetrahedron Lett 1984. [DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(01)81586-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Kawai G, Ikeda Y. Chemistry and functional moiety of a fruiting-inducing cerebroside in Schizophyllum commune. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1983. [DOI: 10.1016/0005-2760(83)90138-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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