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Kyselová L, Řezanka T. Analysis of glycosylated cardiolipins from thermophilic bacteria using GC-MS and LC-ESI-MS/MS methods. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2024; 238:115800. [PMID: 37871419 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2023.115800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2023] [Revised: 10/09/2023] [Accepted: 10/13/2023] [Indexed: 10/25/2023]
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Unusual glucose-substituted cardiolipins (Glcx-CLs) in three genera of thermophilic bacteria, having more than one glycosidically linked glucose to the hydroxyl of the central glycerol of Glcx-CLs were identified for the first time in thermophilic bacteria of the genera Geobacillus, Meiothermus, and Thermus. The number of glucoses reached up to five units. The structure of glycosidically linked oligosaccharides was determined based on shotgun analysis MS (electrospray high-resolution tandem mass spectrometry), partially methylated alditol acetates were identified by GC-MS, both electron ionization (EI) and positive chemical ionization (PCI), hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC) separation and identification of CLs glycosides by high resolution MS-ESI, and digestion by specific glycosidases.
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- Lucie Kyselová
- Research Institute of Brewing and Malting, Lípová 511, Prague 12044, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, Prague 14200, Czech Republic.
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Wang R, Shan H, Zhang G, Li Q, Wang J, Yan Q, Li E, Diao Y, Wei L. An inulin-type fructan (AMP1-1) from Atractylodes macrocephala with anti-weightlessness bone loss activity. Carbohydr Polym 2022; 294:119742. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2022.119742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2022] [Revised: 06/13/2022] [Accepted: 06/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Zhang X, Hu P, Zhang X, Li X. Chemical structure elucidation of an inulin-type fructan isolated from Lobelia chinensis lour with anti-obesity activity on diet-induced mice. Carbohydr Polym 2020; 240:116357. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2020.116357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2020] [Revised: 04/20/2020] [Accepted: 04/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Viana EOR, Cruz MDFSJ, da Silva MJ, Pereira GM, da Silva BP, Tinoco LW, Parente JP. Structural characterization of a complex triterpenoid saponin from Albizia lebbeck and investigation of its permeability property and supramolecular interactions with membrane constituents. Carbohydr Res 2019; 471:105-114. [PMID: 30530094 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2018.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2018] [Revised: 11/24/2018] [Accepted: 11/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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As part of the ongoing efforts in discovering potentially bioactive natural products from medicinal plants, the present study was conducted to isolate a new complex triterpenoid saponin from the barks of Albizia lebbeck. It was isolated by using chromatographic methods and its structural elucidation was performed using detailed analyses of 1H and 13C NMR spectra including 2D-NMR (COSY, TOCSY, HSQC and HMBC) spectroscopic techniques, high-resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (HRESIMS) analysis and chemical conversions. Its structure was established as 21-[[(2E,6S)-6-[6-deoxy-4-O-[(2E,6S)-6-hydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-6-methyl-1-oxo-2,7-octadienyl]-[(β-d-glucopyranosyl)oxy]-2-(hydroxymethyl)-6-methyl-1-oxo-2,7-octadienyl]-[(β-d-glucopyranosyl)oxy]-2,6-dimethyl-1-oxo-2,7-octadienyl]oxy]-16-hydroxy-3-[[O-β-d-xylopyranosyl-(1 → 2)-O-α-l-arabinopyranosyl-(1 → 6)-2-(acetylamino)-2-deoxy-β-d-glucopyranosyl]oxy]-(3β,16α,21β)-olean-12-en-28-oic acid O-α-l-arabinofuranosyl-(1 → 4)-O-[β-d-glucopyranosyl-(1 → 3)]-O-6-deoxy-α-l-mannopyranosyl-(1 → 2)-β-d-glucopyranosyl ester (1). Additionally, this study aimed to investigate the permeability property of 1, its activity on membrane integrity and supramolecular interactions with cellular constituents using in vitro experimental models.
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- Elaine O R Viana
- Laboratório de Química de Plantas Medicinais, Instituto de Pesquisas de Produtos Naturais, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, P.O. Box 68045, CEP 21941-971, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Química de Plantas Medicinais, Instituto de Pesquisas de Produtos Naturais, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, P.O. Box 68045, CEP 21941-971, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Química de Plantas Medicinais, Instituto de Pesquisas de Produtos Naturais, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, P.O. Box 68045, CEP 21941-971, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Química de Plantas Medicinais, Instituto de Pesquisas de Produtos Naturais, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, P.O. Box 68045, CEP 21941-971, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Química de Plantas Medicinais, Instituto de Pesquisas de Produtos Naturais, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, P.O. Box 68045, CEP 21941-971, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratório Multiusuário de Análises por Ressonância Magnética Nuclear, Instituto de Pesquisas de Produtos Naturais, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, CEP 21941-902, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Química de Plantas Medicinais, Instituto de Pesquisas de Produtos Naturais, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, P.O. Box 68045, CEP 21941-971, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Pereira GM, Ribeiro MG, da Silva BP, Parente JP. Structural characterization of a new steroidal saponin from Agave angustifolia var. Marginata and a preliminary investigation of its in vivo antiulcerogenic activity and in vitro membrane permeability property. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2017; 27:4345-4349. [PMID: 28827111 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2017.08.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2017] [Revised: 08/09/2017] [Accepted: 08/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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A new furostane steroidal saponin was isolated from the leaves of Agave angustifolia var. marginata. On the basis of chemical conversions and spectroscopic analyses, its structure was established as 3-[O-β-d-glucopyranosyl-(1→3)-O-β-d-glucopyranosyl-(1→3)-O]-[O-6-deoxy-α-l-mannopyranosyl-(1→4)-β-d-xylopyranosyl-(1→2)-O-β-d-glucopyranosyl-(1→4)-β-d-galactopyranosyl)oxy]-(3β,5α,22α,25R)-26-(β-d-glucopyranosyloxy)-22-methoxy-furostane (1). Results of preliminary biological investigations indicated that compound 1 showed significant protective effects against induced gastric ulcers using in vivo experimental models and demonstrated negligible toxicity on membrane integrity in the in vitro assays.
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- Gabriela Moysés Pereira
- Laboratório de Química de Plantas Medicinais, Instituto de Pesquisas de Produtos Naturais, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, P.O. Box 68045, CEP 21941-971 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Química de Plantas Medicinais, Instituto de Pesquisas de Produtos Naturais, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, P.O. Box 68045, CEP 21941-971 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Química de Plantas Medicinais, Instituto de Pesquisas de Produtos Naturais, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, P.O. Box 68045, CEP 21941-971 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Química de Plantas Medicinais, Instituto de Pesquisas de Produtos Naturais, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, P.O. Box 68045, CEP 21941-971 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Li XJ, Bao WR, Leung CH, Ma DL, Zhang G, Lu AP, Wang SC, Han QB. Chemical Structure and Immunomodulating Activities of an α-Glucan Purified from Lobelia chinensis Lour. Molecules 2016; 21:E779. [PMID: 27314319 PMCID: PMC6274272 DOI: 10.3390/molecules21060779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2016] [Revised: 06/03/2016] [Accepted: 06/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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A neutral α-glucan, named BP1, with a molecular mass of approximately 9.45 kDa, was isolated from Lobelia chinensis by hot-water extraction, a Q-Sepharose Fast Flow column and Superdex-75 column chromatography. Its chemical structure was characterized by monosaccharide analysis, methylation analysis and analysis of its FT-IR, high performance gel permeation chromatography (HPGPC) and 1D/2D-NMR spectra data. The backbone of BP1 consists of →₆α-d-Glcp¹→6,3α-d-Glcp¹→(₆α-d-Glcp¹)x-6,3α-d-Glcp¹-(₆α-d-Glcp¹)y→. The side chains were terminal α-d-Glcp¹→ and α-d-Glcp¹→ (₆α-d-Glcp¹)z→₄α-d-Glcp¹→₃α-d-Glcp¹→₄α-d-Glcp¹→ (x + y + z = 5), which are attached to the backbone at O-3 of 3,6α-d-Glcp¹. The results of the effect of BP1 on mouse macrophage cell line RAW 264.7 indicate that BP1 enhances the cell proliferation, phagocytosis, nitric oxide production and cytokine secretion in a dose-dependent manner. Because the inhibitor of Toll-like receptor 4 blocks the BP1-induced secretion of TNF-α and IL-6, we hypothesize that α-glucan BP1 activates TLR4, which mediates the above-mentioned immunomodulating effects.
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- Xiao-Jun Li
- Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China.
- School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong 999077, China.
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- School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong 999077, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao 999078, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong 999077, China.
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- School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong 999077, China.
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- School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong 999077, China.
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- Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China.
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- School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong 999077, China.
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Cruz MDFSJ, Pereira GM, Ribeiro MG, da Silva AM, Tinoco LW, da Silva BP, Parente JP. Ingasaponin, a complex triterpenoid saponin with immunological adjuvant activity from Inga laurina. Carbohydr Res 2016; 420:23-31. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2015.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2015] [Revised: 11/26/2015] [Accepted: 11/27/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Price NPJ, Hartman TM, Vermillion KE. Nickel-Catalyzed Proton–Deuterium Exchange (HDX) Procedures for Glycosidic Linkage Analysis of Complex Carbohydrates. Anal Chem 2015; 87:7282-90. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5b01505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Neil P. J. Price
- Renewable Product Technology and ‡Functional Foods
Research Units, U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA-ARS-NCAUR, 1815
North University Street, Peoria, Illinois 61604, United States
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- Renewable Product Technology and ‡Functional Foods
Research Units, U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA-ARS-NCAUR, 1815
North University Street, Peoria, Illinois 61604, United States
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- Renewable Product Technology and ‡Functional Foods
Research Units, U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA-ARS-NCAUR, 1815
North University Street, Peoria, Illinois 61604, United States
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Structural characterization and gastroprotective property of a novel glucofructan from Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum. Carbohydr Res 2014; 402:44-9. [PMID: 25498008 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2014.10.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2014] [Revised: 10/18/2014] [Accepted: 10/23/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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A new polysaccharide with an estimated weight-average molar mass of 2.6×10(3) was isolated from Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum by hot water extraction, and purified by Sephacryl S-300 HR high-resolution chromatography. It was composed of D-fructose and D-glucose in 10:6 molar ratio, respectively. The structure of the glucofructan was investigated by chemical and spectroscopic methods, including methylation analysis, nuclear magnetic resonance, and electrospray mass spectrometry (ES-MS). The results permitted the structure of the glucofructan to be written as α-D-Glcp-(1→1)-β-D-Fruf-(2→1)-{[α-D-Glcp-(1→6)-β-D-Fruf-(2→6)]-β-D-Fruf-(2→1)}4-β-D-Fruf-(2↔1)-α-D-Glcp. Results of the present study indicated that this new glucofructan exhibited significant gastroprotective property, using in vivo experimental models.
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Li X, Jiang J, Shi S, Bligh SWA, Li Y, Jiang Y, Huang D, Ke Y, Wang S. A RG-II type polysaccharide purified from Aconitum coreanum alleviates lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammation by inhibiting the NF-κB signal pathway. PLoS One 2014; 9:e99697. [PMID: 24927178 PMCID: PMC4057409 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2014] [Accepted: 05/17/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Korean mondshood root polysaccharides (KMPS) isolated from the root of Aconitum coreanum (Lévl.) Rapaics have shown anti-inflammatory activity, which is strongly influenced by their chemical structures and chain conformations. However, the mechanisms of the anti-inflammatory effect by these polysaccharides have yet to be elucidated. A RG-II polysaccharide (KMPS-2E, Mw 84.8 kDa) was isolated from KMPS and its chemical structure was characterized by FT-IR and NMR spectroscopy, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and high-performance liquid chromatography. The backbone of KMPS-2E consisted of units of [→6) -β-D-Galp (1→3)-β-L-Rhap-(1→4)-β-D-GalpA-(1→3)-β-D-Galp-(1→] with the side chain →5)-β-D-Arap (1→3, 5)-β-D-Arap (1→ attached to the backbone through O-4 of (1→3,4)-L-Rhap. T-β-D-Galp is attached to the backbone through O-6 of (1→3,6)-β-D-Galp residues and T-β-D-Ara is connected to the end group of each chain. The anti-inflammatory effects of KMPS-2E and the underlying mechanisms using lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated RAW 264.7 macrophages and carrageenan-induced hind paw edema were investigated. KMPS-2E (50, 100 and 200 µg/mL) inhibits iNOS, TLR4, phospho-NF-κB-p65 expression, phosphor-IKK, phosphor-IκB-α expression as well as the degradation of IκB-α and the gene expression of inflammatory cytokines (TNF-α, IL-1β, iNOS and IL-6) mediated by the NF-κB signal pathways in macrophages. KMPS-2E also inhibited LPS-induced activation of NF-κB as assayed by electrophorectic mobility shift assay (EMSA) in a dose-dependent manner and it reduced NF-κB DNA binding affinity by 62.1% at 200 µg/mL. In rats, KMPS-2E (200 mg/kg) can significantly inhibit carrageenan-induced paw edema as ibuprofen (200 mg/kg) within 3 h after a single oral dose. The results indicate that KMPS-2E is a promising herb-derived drug against acute inflammation.
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- Xiaojun Li
- Teaching Experimental Center, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
- The MOE Key Laboratory for Standardization of Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Teaching Experimental Center, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- The MOE Key Laboratory for Standardization of Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai R&D Center for Standardization of Chinese Medicines, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Complementary Medicine, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Westminster, Westminster, United Kingdom
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- Teaching Experimental Center, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Teaching Experimental Center, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Teaching Experimental Center, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Teaching Experimental Center, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- The MOE Key Laboratory for Standardization of Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai R&D Center for Standardization of Chinese Medicines, Shanghai, China
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Parente JP, Adão CR, da Silva BP, Tinoco LW. Structural characterization of an acetylated glucomannan with antiinflammatory activity and gastroprotective property from Cyrtopodium andersonii. Carbohydr Res 2014; 391:16-21. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2014.03.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2014] [Revised: 03/14/2014] [Accepted: 03/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Yan S, Bleuler-Martinez S, Plaza DF, Künzler M, Aebi M, Joachim A, Razzazi-Fazeli E, Jantsch V, Geyer R, Wilson IBH, Paschinger K. Galactosylated fucose epitopes in nematodes: increased expression in a Caenorhabditis mutant associated with altered lectin sensitivity and occurrence in parasitic species. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:28276-90. [PMID: 22733825 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.353128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The modification of α1,6-linked fucose residues attached to the proximal (reducing-terminal) core N-acetylglucosamine residue of N-glycans by β1,4-linked galactose ("GalFuc" epitope) is a feature of a number of invertebrate species including the model nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. A pre-requisite for both core α1,6-fucosylation and β1,4-galactosylation is the presence of a nonreducing terminal N-acetylglucosamine; however, this residue is normally absent from the final glycan structure in invertebrates due to the action of specific hexosaminidases. Previously, we have identified two hexosaminidases (HEX-2 and HEX-3) in C. elegans, which process N-glycans. In the present study, we have prepared a hex-2;hex-3 double mutant, which possesses a radically altered N-glycomic profile. Whereas in the double mutant core α1,3-fucosylation of the proximal N-acetylglucosamine was abolished, the degree of galactosylation of core α1,6-fucose increased, and a novel Galα1,2Fucα1,3 moiety attached to the distal core N-acetylglucosamine residue was detected. Both galactosylated fucose moieties were also found in two parasitic nematodes, Ascaris suum and Oesophagostomum dentatum. As core modifications of N-glycans are known targets for fungal nematotoxic lectins, the sensitivity of the C. elegans double hexosaminidase mutant was assessed. Although this mutant displayed hypersensitivity to the GalFuc-binding lectin CGL2 and the N-acetylglucosamine-binding lectin XCL, the mutant was resistant to CCL2, which binds core α1,3-fucose. Thus, the use of C. elegans mutants aids the identification of novel N-glycan modifications and the definition of in vivo specificities of nematotoxic lectins with potential as anthelmintic agents.
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- Shi Yan
- Department für Chemie, Universität für Bodenkultur, A-1190 Wien, Austria
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Galuska SP, Geyer H, Mink W, Kaese P, Kühnhardt S, Schäfer B, Mühlenhoff M, Freiberger F, Gerardy-Schahn R, Geyer R. Glycomic strategy for efficient linkage analysis of di-, oligo- and polysialic acids. J Proteomics 2012; 75:5266-78. [PMID: 22728599 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2012.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2012] [Revised: 06/07/2012] [Accepted: 06/11/2012] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Sialic acid polymers of glycoproteins and glycolipids are characterized by a high diversity in nature and are involved in distinct biological processes depending inter alia on the glycosidic linkages between the present sialic acid residues. Though suitable protocols are available for chain length and sialic acid determination, sensitive methods for linkage analysis of di-, oligo-, and polysialic acids (di/oligo/polySia) are still pending. In this study, we have established a highly sensitive glycomic strategy for this purpose which is based on permethylation of di/oligo/polySia after tagging their reducing ends with the fluorescent dye 1,2-diamino-4,5-methylenedioxybenzene (DMB). Using DMB-labeled sialic acid di/oligo/polymers glycosidic linkages could be efficiently determined and, optionally, the established working procedure can be combined with HPLC for in depth characterization of distinct di/oligo/polySia chains. Moreover, the outlined approach can be directly applied to mammalian tissue samples and linkage analysis of sialic acid polymers present in biopsy samples of neuroblastoma tissue demonstrating the usefulness of the outlined work flow to screen, for example, cancer tissue for the presence of distinct variants of di/oligo/polySia as potentially novel biomarkers. Hence, the described strategy offers a highly sensitive and efficient strategy for identification of glycosidic linkages in sialic acid di/oligo/polymers of glycoproteins and glycolipids.
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- Sebastian P Galuska
- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Giessen, Friedrichstrasse 24, D-35392 Giessen, Germany.
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Adão CR, Pereira da Silva B, Tinoco LW, Parente JP. Haemolytic activity and immunological adjuvant effect of a new steroidal saponin from Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum. Chem Biodivers 2012; 9:58-67. [PMID: 22253103 DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.201100005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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A new steroidal saponin was isolated from the bulbs of Allium ampeloprasum L. var. porrum. On the basis of chemical evidence, comprehensive spectroscopic analyses, and comparison with known compounds, its structure was established as (3β,5α,6β,25R)-3-{(O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→3)-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→2)-O-[O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→3)]-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→4)-β-D-galactopyranosyl)oxy}-6-hydroxyspirostan-2-one (1). Results of the present study indicated that 1 exhibited haemolytic activity in the in vitro assays, and immunological adjuvant activity on the cellular immune response against ovalbumin antigen.
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- Camila Rodrigues Adão
- Laboratório de Química de Plantas Medicinais, Núcleo de Pesquisas de Produtos Naturais, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Caixa Postal 68045, CEP 21941-971 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Blank D, Geyer H, Maass K, Yamashita K, Geyer R. Elucidation of a novel lacto-N-decaose core structure in human milk using nonlinear analytical technique combinations. Anal Biochem 2012; 421:680-90. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2011.11.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2011] [Revised: 11/21/2011] [Accepted: 11/22/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Adão CR, da Silva BP, Parente JP. A new steroidal saponin with antiinflammatory and antiulcerogenic properties from the bulbs of Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum. Fitoterapia 2011; 82:1175-80. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2011.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2011] [Revised: 07/25/2011] [Accepted: 07/25/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Harvey DJ. Derivatization of carbohydrates for analysis by chromatography; electrophoresis and mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2011; 879:1196-225. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2010.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 182] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2010] [Revised: 11/01/2010] [Accepted: 11/06/2010] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Hallack LF, Passos DS, Mattos KA, Agrellos OA, Jones C, Mendonca-Previato L, Previato JO, Todeschini AR. Structural elucidation of the repeat unit in highly branched acidic exopolysaccharides produced by nitrogen fixing Burkholderia. Glycobiology 2009; 20:338-47. [DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwp181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Fontaine T, Lamarre C, Simenel C, Lambou K, Coddeville B, Delepierre M, Latgé JP. Characterization of glucuronic acid containing glycolipid in Aspergillus fumigatus mycelium. Carbohydr Res 2009; 344:1960-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2009.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2009] [Revised: 07/24/2009] [Accepted: 07/29/2009] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Development of Dictyostelium discoideum is associated with alteration of fucosylated N-glycan structures. Biochem J 2009; 423:41-52. [PMID: 19614564 DOI: 10.1042/bj20090786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum has become established as a simple model for the examination of cell-cell interactions, and early studies suggested that shifts in glycosylation profiles take place during its life cycle. In the present study, we have applied HPLC and mass spectrometric methods to show that the major N-glycans in axenic cultures of the AX3 strain are oligomannosidic forms, most of which carry core fucose and/or intersecting and bisecting N-acetylglucosamine residues, including the major structure with the composition Man8GlcNAc4Fuc1. The postulated alpha1,3-linkage of the core fucose correlates with the cross-reactivity of Dictyostelium glycoproteins with a horseradish peroxidase antiserum; a corresponding core alpha1,3-fucosyltransferase activity capable of modifying oligomannosidic N-glycans was detected in axenic Dictyostelium extracts. The presence of fucose on the N-glycans and the reactivity to the antiserum, but not the fucosyltransferase activity, are abolished in the fucose-deficient HL250 strain. In later stages of development, N-glycans at the mound and culmination stages show a reduction in both the size and the degree of modification by intersecting/bisecting residues compared with mid-exponential phase cultures, consistent with the hypothesis that glycosidase and glycosyltransferase expression levels are altered during the slime mould life cycle.
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Aimanianda V, Clavaud C, Simenel C, Fontaine T, Delepierre M, Latgé JP. Cell wall beta-(1,6)-glucan of Saccharomyces cerevisiae: structural characterization and in situ synthesis. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:13401-13412. [PMID: 19279004 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m807667200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Despite its essential role in the yeast cell wall, the exact composition of the beta-(1,6)-glucan component is not well characterized. While solubilizing the cell wall alkali-insoluble fraction from a wild type strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae using a recombinant beta-(1,3)-glucanase followed by chromatographic characterization of the digest on an anion exchange column, we observed a soluble polymer that eluted at the end of the solvent gradient run. Further characterization indicated this soluble polymer to have a molecular mass of approximately 38 kDa and could be hydrolyzed only by beta-(1,6)-glucanase. Gas chromatography mass spectrometry and NMR ((1)H and (13)C) analyses confirmed it to be a beta-(1,6)-glucan polymer with, on average, branching at every fifth residue with one or two beta-(1,3)-linked glucose units in the side chain. This polymer peak was significantly reduced in the corresponding digests from mutants of the kre genes (kre9 and kre5) that are known to play a crucial role in the beta-(1,6)-glucan biosynthesis. In the current study, we have developed a biochemical assay wherein incubation of UDP-[(14)C]glucose with permeabilized S. cerevisiae yeasts resulted in the synthesis of a polymer chemically identical to the branched beta-(1,6)-glucan isolated from the cell wall. Using this assay, parameters essential for beta-(1,6)-glucan synthetic activity were defined.
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- Vishukumar Aimanianda
- Unité des Aspergillus and Institut Pasteur, 25-28 Rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
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- Unité des Aspergillus and Institut Pasteur, 25-28 Rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
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- Unitéde Résonance Magnétique Nucléaire des Biomolécules, CNRS URA 2185, Institut Pasteur, 25-28 Rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
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- Unité des Aspergillus and Institut Pasteur, 25-28 Rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
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- Unitéde Résonance Magnétique Nucléaire des Biomolécules, CNRS URA 2185, Institut Pasteur, 25-28 Rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
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- Unité des Aspergillus and Institut Pasteur, 25-28 Rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France.
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da Silva BP, de Medeiros Silva G, Parente JP. Chemical properties and adjuvant activity of a galactoglucomannan from Acrocomia aculeata. Carbohydr Polym 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2008.09.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Structural patterns of rhamnogalacturonans modulating Hsp-27 expression in cultured human keratinocytes. Molecules 2008; 13:1207-18. [PMID: 18560339 PMCID: PMC6245184 DOI: 10.3390/molecules13051207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2008] [Revised: 05/19/1995] [Accepted: 05/19/2008] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Polysaccharide extracts were obtained from chestnut bran (Castanea sativa), grape marc (Vitis vinifera) and apple marc (Malus spp.) and fractionated by size exclusion chromatography after endopolygalacturonase degradation. Compositional and linkage analyses by GC and GC-MS showed the characteristic rhamnogalacturonan structure with specific arabinan (apple marc) and type II arabinogalactan (chestnut bran, grape marc) side chains. Type II arabinogalactan rhamnogalacturonan from chestnut bran significantly stimulated the in vitro differentiation of human keratinocytes, giving evidence of a tight structure-function relationship. This molecule comprises short and ramified 3- and 3,6-beta- D-galactan and 5- and 3,5-alpha-L-arabinan side chains, but also contains significant amounts of t-Xyl and 4-Xyl with a characteristic 2:1 ratio. Enzymatic hydrolysis of this polysaccharide produced fragments of lower molecular weight with unchanged xylose content which conserved the same ability to stimulate human keratinocyte differentiation. It could be then speculated that dimeric xylosyl-xylose and/or longer oligomeric xylose side chains attached to a galacturonan and closely associated to hairy rhamno-galacturonan domains are essential patterns that could determine the biological activity of pectins.
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Singh V, Tiwari A. Microwave-accelerated methylation of starch. Carbohydr Res 2008; 343:151-4. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2007.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2007] [Revised: 09/18/2007] [Accepted: 09/20/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Price NPJ. Permethylation linkage analysis techniques for residual carbohydrates. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2007; 148:271-6. [PMID: 18418759 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-007-8044-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2007] [Accepted: 09/04/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Permethylation analysis is the classic approach to establishing the position of glycosidic linkages between sugar residues. Typically, the carbohydrate is derivatized to form acid-stable methyl ethers, hydrolyzed, peracetylated, and analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The position of glycosidic linkages in the starting carbohydrate are apparent from the mass spectra as determined by the location of acetyl residues. The completeness of permethylation is dependent upon the choice of base catalyst and is readily confirmed by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry mass spectrometry. For the permethylation of beta-cyclodextrin, Hakomori dimsyl base is shown to be superior to the NaOH-dimethyl sulfoxide system, and the use of the latter resulted in selective under-methylation of the 3-hydroxy groups. These techniques are highly applicable to residual carbohydrates from biofuel processes.
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- Neil P J Price
- USDA-ARS-NCAUR, Bioproducts & Biocatalysis Research Unit, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL 61604, USA,
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Lequette Y, Rollet E, Delangle A, Greenberg EP, Bohin JP. Linear osmoregulated periplasmic glucans are encoded by the opgGH locus of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Microbiology (Reading) 2007; 153:3255-3263. [PMID: 17906125 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2007/008953-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Osmoregulated periplasmic glucans (OPGs) are produced by many proteobacteria and are important for bacterial-host interactions. The opgG and opgH genes involved in the synthesis of OPGs are the most widely distributed genes in proteobacterial genomes. Two other non-homologous genes, both named ndvB, are also involved in OPG biosynthesis in several species. The Pseudomonas aeruginosa genome possesses two ORFs, PA5077 and PA5078, that show similarity to opgH and opgG of Pseudomonas syringae, respectively, and one ORF, PA1163, similar to ndvB of Sinorhizobium meliloti. Here, we report that the opgGH locus of P. aeruginosa PA14 is involved in the synthesis of linear polymers with beta-1,2-linked glucosyl residues branched with a few beta-1,6 glucosyl residues. Succinyl residues also substitute this glucose backbone. Transcription of opgGH is repressed by high osmolarity. Low osmolarity promotes the formation of highly structured biofilms, but biofilm development is slower and the area of biomass is reduced under high osmolarity. Biofilm development of an opgGH mutant grown under low osmolarity presents a similar phenotype to the wild-type biofilm grown under high osmolarity. These results suggest that OPGs are important for biofilm formation under conditions of low osmolarity. A previous study suggested that the P. aeruginosa ndvB gene is involved in the resistance of biofilms to antibiotics. We have shown that ndvB is not involved in the biosynthesis of the OPG described here, and opgGH do not appear to be involved in the resistance of P. aeruginosa PA14 biofilms to antibiotics.
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- Yannick Lequette
- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle CNRS UMR 8576, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France
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- Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle CNRS UMR 8576, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle CNRS UMR 8576, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France
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Mbark AN, Charrouf Z, Wieruszeski JM, Leroy Y, Kol O. Herniaria Saponin A, A Novel Saponin fromHerniaria Fontanesii. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1080/10575639508043164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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A new steroidal saponin was isolated from the leaves of Agave attenuata. Its structure was established as (3beta,beta,25S)-spirostan-3-yl O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1 --> 2)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1 --> 2)-O-[beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1 --> 3)]-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1 --> 4)-beta-D-galactopyranoside. The structural identification was performed using detailed analyses of 1H- and 13C-NMR spectra including 2D NMR spectroscopic techniques (COSY, HETCOR, and COLOC) and chemical conversions. The hemolytic activity of the steroidal saponin was evaluated using an in vitro assay.
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- Tatiana Paz Mendes
- Laboratório de Química de Plantas Medicinais, Núcleo de Pesquisas de Produtos Naturais, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, PO Box 68045 CEP, 21944-970 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Barreto DW, Parente JP. Chemical properties and biological activity of a polysaccharide from Cyrtopodium cardiochilum. Carbohydr Polym 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2005.11.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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A new steroidal saponin was isolated from the leaves of Agave shrevei. Its structure was established as 3-[O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->2)-O-[O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->4)-O-[O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->6)]-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->4)-beta-D-galactopyranosyl)-oxy]-(3beta,5alpha,25R)-spirostane. The structural identification was performed using detailed analyses of 1H- and 13C-NMR spectra including 2D NMR spectroscopic techniques (COSY, HETCOR, HMBC, and HMQC) and chemical conversions. The haemolytic activity of the steroidal saponin was evaluated using an in vitro assay.
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- Bernadete Pereira Da Silva
- Laboratório de Química de Plantas Medicinais, Núcleo de Pesquisas de Produtos Naturais, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, PO Box 68045, CEP 21944-971, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Mouyna I, Morelle W, Vai M, Monod M, Léchenne B, Fontaine T, Beauvais A, Sarfati J, Prévost MC, Henry C, Latgé JP. Deletion of GEL2 encoding for a beta(1-3)glucanosyltransferase affects morphogenesis and virulence in Aspergillus fumigatus. Mol Microbiol 2005; 56:1675-88. [PMID: 15916615 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04654.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The first fungal glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchored beta(1-3)glucanosyltranferase (Gel1p) has been described in Aspergillus fumigatus and its encoding gene GEL1 identified. Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored glucanosyltransferases play an active role in the biosynthesis of the fungal cell wall. We characterize here GEL2, a homologue of GEL1. Both homologues share common characteristics: (i) GEL1 and GEL2 are constitutively expressed during over a range of growth conditions; (ii) Gel2p is also a putative GPI-anchored protein and shares the same beta(1-3)glucanosyltransferase activity as Gel1p and (iii) GEL2, like GEL1, is able to complement the Deltagas1 deletion in Saccharomyces cerevisiae confirming that Gelp and Gasp have the same enzymatic activity. However, disruption of GEL1 did not result in a phenotype whereas a Deltagel2 mutant and the double mutant Deltagel1Deltagel2 exhibit slower growth, abnormal conidiogenesis, and an altered cell wall composition. In addition, the Deltagel2 and the Deltagel1Deltagel2 mutant have reduced virulence in a murine model of invasive aspergillosis. These data suggest for the first time that beta(1-3)glucanosyltransferase activity is required for both morphogenesis and virulence in A. fumigatus.
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- Isabelle Mouyna
- Institut Pasteur, Unité des Aspergillus, 25 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris cedex 15, France.
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Sandhoff R, Geyer R, Jennemann R, Paret C, Kiss E, Yamashita T, Gorgas K, Sijmonsma TP, Iwamori M, Finaz C, Proia RL, Wiegandt H, Gröne HJ. Novel class of glycosphingolipids involved in male fertility. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:27310-8. [PMID: 15917254 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m502775200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Mice require testicular glycosphingolipids (GSLs) for proper spermatogenesis. Mutant mice strains deficient in specific genes encoding biosynthetic enzymes of the GSL pathway including Galgt1 (encoding GM2 synthase) and Siat9 (encoding GM3 synthase) have been established lacking various overlapping subsets of GSLs. Although male Galgt1-/- mice are infertile, male Siat9-/- mice are fertile. Interestingly, GSLs thought to be essential for male spermatogenesis are not synthesized in either of these mice strains. Hence, these GSLs cannot account for the different phenotypes. A novel class of GSLs was observed composed of eight fucosylated molecules present in fertile but not in infertile mutant mice. These GSLs contain polyunsaturated very long chain fatty acid residues in their ceramide moieties. GSLs of this class are expressed differentially in testicular germ cells. More importantly, the neutral subset of this new GSL class strictly correlates with male fertility. These data implicate polyunsaturated, fucosylated GSLs as essential for spermatogenesis and male mouse fertility.
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- Roger Sandhoff
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pathology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany.
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Mucha J, Domlatil J, Lochnit G, Rendić D, Paschinger K, HINTERKöRNER G, Hofinger A, Kosma P, Wilson I. The Drosophila melanogaster homologue of the human histo-blood group Pk gene encodes a glycolipid-modifying alpha1,4-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase. Biochem J 2005; 382:67-74. [PMID: 15130086 PMCID: PMC1133916 DOI: 10.1042/bj20040535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2004] [Revised: 04/29/2004] [Accepted: 05/07/2004] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Insects express arthro-series glycosphingolipids, which contain an alpha1,4-linked GalNAc residue. To determine the genetic basis for this linkage, we cloned a cDNA (CG17223) from Drosophila melanogaster encoding a protein with homology to mammalian alpha1,4-glycosyltransferases and expressed it in the yeast Pichia pastoris. Culture supernatants from the transformed yeast were found to display a novel UDP-GalNAc:GalNAcbeta1,4GlcNAcbeta1-R alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase activity when using either a glycolipid, p-nitrophenylglycoside or an N-glycan carrying one or two terminal beta-N-acetylgalactosamine residues. NMR and MS in combination with glycosidase digestion and methylation analysis indicate that the cloned cDNA encodes an alpha1,4-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase. We hypothesize that this enzyme and its orthologues in other insects are required for the biosynthesis of the N5a and subsequent members of the arthro-series of glycolipids as well as of N-glycan receptors for Bacillus thuringiensis crystal toxin Cry1Ac.
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- Ján Mucha
- *Chemický ústav, Slovenská akadémia vied, Dúbravská cesta 9, 845 38 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- †Department für Chemie, Universität für Bodenkultur, Muthgasse 18, A-1190 Wien, Austria
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- ‡Institut für Biochemie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Friedrichstrasse 24, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
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- †Department für Chemie, Universität für Bodenkultur, Muthgasse 18, A-1190 Wien, Austria
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- †Department für Chemie, Universität für Bodenkultur, Muthgasse 18, A-1190 Wien, Austria
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- †Department für Chemie, Universität für Bodenkultur, Muthgasse 18, A-1190 Wien, Austria
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- †Department für Chemie, Universität für Bodenkultur, Muthgasse 18, A-1190 Wien, Austria
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- †Department für Chemie, Universität für Bodenkultur, Muthgasse 18, A-1190 Wien, Austria
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- †Department für Chemie, Universität für Bodenkultur, Muthgasse 18, A-1190 Wien, Austria
- To whom correspondence should be addressed (email )
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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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Silva BPD, Soares JBRC, Souza EPD, Palatnik M, Sousa CBPD, Parente JP. Pulcherrimasaponin, from the leaves of Calliandra pulcherrima, as adjuvant for immunization in the murine model of visceral leishmaniasis. Vaccine 2005; 23:1061-71. [PMID: 15620480 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2004.08.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2003] [Accepted: 08/10/2004] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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A novel triterpenoidal saponin, called pulcherrimasaponin (CP05), isolated from the leaves of Calliandra pulcherrima Benth. shows remarkable similarities to the previously described potent adjuvant, QS21 saponin (Quillaja saponaria Molina). On the basis of chemical and physicochemical evidence, its structure was established as [3beta,16alpha,28[2E,6S[2E,6S(2E,6S)]]]-olean-12-en-28-oic acid 3-[[O-alpha-l-arabinopyranosyl-(1-->2)-O-alpha-l-arabinopyranosyl-(1-->6)-2-(acetylamino)-2-deoxy-beta-d-glucopyranosyl]oxy]-16-hydroxy-O-beta-d-glucopyranosyl-(1-->3)-O-[O-beta-d-xylopyranosyl-(1-->3)-beta-d-xylopyranosyl-(1-->4)-O-6-deoxy-alpha-l-mannopyranosyl-(1-->2)-6-O-[6-[[2-O-2,6-dimethyl-1-oxo-6-(beta-d-xylopyranosyloxy)-2,7-octadienyl]-[(6-deoxy-beta-d-glucopyranosyl)oxy]-2,6-dimethyl-1-oxo-2,7-octadienyl]-beta-d-xylopyranosyl]oxy]-2,6-dimethyl-1-oxo-2,7-octadienyl]-beta-d-glucopyranosyl ester. In vivo toxicity assays disclosed similar and transitory local swelling and loss of hair but no lethality for mice. The haemolytic index was higher for QS21 (5 microg/ml) than for CP05 (13 microg/ml). Mouse vaccination with either CP05 or QS21 in combination with the fucose-mannose ligand (FML) antigen of Leishmania donovani showed anti-FML responses, significantly enhanced over the saponin and saline controls, in IgM, IgG, IgG1, IgG2a, IgG2b and IgG3. Antibody levels were similar for both vaccines in most subtypes. However, QS21-FML vaccine showed a 1.5 to 2.1 proportional increase over the CP05-FML vaccine in IgG, IgG2a and IgG3 responses. The delayed type of hypersensitivity against leishmanial antigen was impressively increased for CP05-FML and for QS21-FML-treated animals over controls (p<0.005). Enhancement was similar for both vaccines (p<0.05). The safety analysis and the effect on humoral and cellular immune responses demonstrated that the novel Calliandra pulcherrima Benth. CP05 saponin is a potential candidate for a vaccine adjuvant.
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- Bernadete Pereira da Silva
- Laboratório de Química de Plantas Medicinais, Núcleo de Pesquisas de Produtos Naturais, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, P.O. Box 68045, CEP 21944-970 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Paschinger K, Rendic D, Lochnit G, Jantsch V, Wilson IBH. Molecular Basis of Anti-horseradish Peroxidase Staining in Caenorhabditis elegans. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:49588-98. [PMID: 15364955 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m408978200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [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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Cross-reactivity with anti-horseradish peroxidase antiserum is a feature of many glycoproteins from plants and invertebrates; indeed staining with this reagent has been used to track neurons in Drosophila melanogaster and Caenorhabditis elegans. Although in insects the evidence indicates that the cross-reaction results from the presence of core alpha1,3-fucosylated N-glycans, the molecular basis for anti-horseradish peroxidase staining in nematodes has been unresolved to date. By using Western blots of wild-type and mutant C. elegans extracts in conjunction with specific inhibitors, we show that the cross-reaction is due to core alpha1,3-fucosylation. Of the various mutants examined, one with a deletion of the fut-1 (K08F8.3) gene showed no reaction to anti-horseradish peroxidase; the molecular phenotype was rescued by injection of either the K08F8 cosmid or the fut-1 open reading frame under control of the let-858 promoter. Furthermore, expression of fut-1 cDNA in Pichia and insect cells in conjunction with antibody staining, high pressure liquid chromatography, and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry analyses showed that FUT-1 is a core alpha1,3-fucosyltransferase with an unusual substrate specificity. It is the only core fucosyltransferase in plants and animals described to date that does not require the prior action of N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase I.
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Lequette Y, Odberg-Ferragut C, Bohin JP, Lacroix JM. Identification of mdoD, an mdoG paralog which encodes a twin-arginine-dependent periplasmic protein that controls osmoregulated periplasmic glucan backbone structures. J Bacteriol 2004; 186:3695-702. [PMID: 15175282 PMCID: PMC419940 DOI: 10.1128/jb.186.12.3695-3702.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Osmoregulated periplasmic glucans (OPGs) of Escherichia coli are anionic and highly branched oligosaccharides that accumulate in the periplasmic space in response to low osmolarity of the medium. The glucan length, ranging from 5 to 12 glucose residues, is under strict control. Two genes that form an operon, mdoGH, govern glucose backbone synthesis. The new gene mdoD, which appears to be a paralog of mdoG, was characterized in this study. Cassette inactivation of mdoD resulted in production of OPGs with a higher degree of polymerization, indicating that OpgD, the mdoD product (according to the new nomenclature), controls the glucose backbone structures. OpgD secretion depends on the Tat secretory pathway. Orthologs of the mdoG and mdoD genes are found in various proteobacteria. Most of the OpgD orthologs exhibit a Tat-dependent secretion signal, while most of the OpgG orthologs are Sec dependent.
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Wilhelm B, Geyer H, Geyer R, Schwaeble W, Linder M, Linder D, Aumüller G, Seitz J. Molecular comparison of apocrine released and cytoplasmic resident carbonic anhydrase II. Biochimie 2003; 85:939-46. [PMID: 14644548 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2003.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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We have previously shown that carbonic anhydrase II usually described as a cytoplasmic resident isoform (cCAH II) is secreted by the rat coagulating gland (sCAH II) via the apocrine secretion mode. To get more detailed information why CAH II is cytoplasmic resident in some organs and secreted in others we cloned and sequenced the cDNA of rat coagulating gland sCAH II. The sequence of the secretory form was found to be completely identical with the cCAH II. Therefore, a signal peptide targeting sCAH II for apocrine secretion can be excluded. Considering the fact that other apocrine secreted proteins are glycosylated, cCAH II and sCAH II were analyzed for carbohydrate substitutions. As expected for a cytoplasmic protein, no glycan modification could be identified in cCAH II. In contrast, sCAH II carried exclusively Gal, GlcNAc and Fuc residues in a molar ratio of 1:0.8:0.5. Carbohydrate linkage analyses demonstrated the presence of terminal Fuc, terminal, 3-substituted and 3,6-disubstituted Gal as well as 4-substituted and 3,4-disubstituted GlcNAc. The composition of the glycan constituents as well as deglycosylation experiments clearly proved that sCAH II carries neither conventional mammalian-type N-glycans nor mucin-type O-linked sugar chains. Lacking a signal peptide for ER translocation, glycosylation of sCAH II must occur within the cytoplasmic compartment. Further studies have to elucidate whether or not glycosylation of sCAH II is essential for the apocrine release of the protein.
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- Beate Wilhelm
- Institut für Anatomie und Zellbiologie, Philipps-Universität, Robert-Koch-Str. 6, 35037 Marburg, Germany.
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Da Silva Antunes A, Da Silva BP, Parente JP, Valente AP. A new bioactive steroidal saponin from Sansevieria cylindrica. Phytother Res 2003; 17:179-82. [PMID: 12601684 DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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A new steroidal saponin was isolated from the leaves of Sansevieria cylindrica. Its structure was established as (3beta,12beta,15alpha,25S)-26-(beta-D-glucopyranosyloxy)-22-hydroxyfurost-5-en-3-yl 12-O- (6-deoxy-alpha-L-mannopyranosyl)-15-O-(6-deoxy-alpha-L-mannopyranosyl)-beta-D-glucopyranoside. The structural identification was performed using detailed analyses of (1)H and (13)C NMR spectra including 2D NMR spectroscopic techniques (COSY, HETCOR, HMBC and HMQC) and chemical conversions. The steroidal saponin showed no haemolytic effects in the in vitro assays and demonstrated inhibition of the capillary permeability activity.
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- Alexandra Da Silva Antunes
- Núcleo de Pesquisas de Produtos Naturiais, Laboratório de Química de Plantas Medicinais, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, CEP 21944-970 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
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Friedl CH, Lochnit G, Zähringer U, Bahr U, Geyer R. Structural elucidation of zwitterionic carbohydrates derived from glycosphingolipids of the porcine parasitic nematode Ascaris suum. Biochem J 2003; 369:89-102. [PMID: 12234251 PMCID: PMC1223059 DOI: 10.1042/bj20021074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2002] [Accepted: 09/16/2002] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Carbohydrates substituted with phosphocholine (PC) and phosphoethanolamine (PE) were released from zwitterionic glycosphingolipids of the pig parasitic nematode Ascaris suum by treatment with endoglycoceramidase. Individual glycans were obtained by HPLC on porous graphitic carbon followed by high-pH anion-exchange chromatography. In addition to the known pentasaccharides Gal alpha 3GalNAc beta 4[PC6]GlcNAc beta 3Man beta 4Glc and Gal alpha 3GalNAc beta 4[PC6]GlcNAc beta 3[PE6]Man beta 4Glc, the corresponding tri- and tetra-saccharides, as well as components with elongated structures, could be identified by matrix-assisted laser-desorption ionization-time-of-flight MS, methylation analysis, 1H- and 13C-NMR spectroscopy, exoglycosidase cleavage and electrospray ionization ion-trap MS. The extended components comprised novel structural motifs such as di-substituted alpha-galactose carrying two beta-linked galactosyl residues, which were found to bear, in part, further fucose, galactose, N -acetylgalactosamine and/or N -acetylglucosamine moieties. Furthermore, additional fucosylation of the PC-substituted N -acetylglucosamine and a non-terminal fucosyl motif were detected. In conclusion, this study contributes significant new information on the glycome of nematodes.
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- Claudia H Friedl
- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Giessen, Friedrichstrasse 24, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
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Heise N, Gutierrez ALS, Mattos KA, Jones C, Wait R, Previato JO, Mendonça-Previato L. Molecular analysis of a novel family of complex glycoinositolphosphoryl ceramides from Cryptococcus neoformans: structural differences between encapsulated and acapsular yeast forms. Glycobiology 2002; 12:409-20. [PMID: 12122022 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwf053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Complex glycoinositolphosphoryl ceramides (GIPCs) have been purified from a pathogenic encapsulated wild-type (WT) strain of Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans and from an acapsular mutant (Cap67). The structures of the GIPCs were determined by a combination of tandem mass spectrometry, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, methylation analysis, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, and chemical degradation. The main GIPC from the WT strain had the structure Manp(alpha1-3)[Xylp(beta1-2)] Manp(alpha1-4)Galp(beta1-6)Manp(alpha1-2)Ins-1-phosphoryl ceramide (GIPC A), whereas the compounds from the acapsular mutant were more heterogeneous in their glycan chains, and variants with Manp(alpha1-6) (GIPC B), Manp(alpha1-6) Manp(alpha1-6) (GIPC C), and Manp(alpha1-2)Manp(alpha1-6)Manp(alpha1-6) (GIPC D) substituents linked to the nonreducing terminal mannose residue found in the WT GIPC A were abundant. The ceramide moieties of C. neoformans GIPCs were composed of a C(18) phytosphingosine long-chain base mainly N-acylated with 2-hydroxy-tetracosanoic acid in the WT GIPC while in the acapsular Cap67 mutant GIPCs, as well as 2-hydroxy-tetracosanoic acid, the unusual 2,3-dihydroxy-tetracosanoic acid was characterized. In addition, structural analysis revealed that the amount of GIPC in the WT cells was fourfold less of that in the acapsular mutant.
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- Norton Heise
- Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Bloco G, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 21944-970, Cidade Universitária, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
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Sandhoff R, Hepbildikler ST, Jennemann R, Geyer R, Gieselmann V, Proia RL, Wiegandt H, Grone HJ. Kidney sulfatides in mouse models of inherited glycosphingolipid disorders: determination by nano-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:20386-98. [PMID: 11919180 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110641200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Sulfatides show structural, and possibly physiological similarities to gangliosides. Kidney dysfunction might be correlated with changes in sulfatides, the major acidic glycosphingolipids in this organ. To elucidate their in vivo metabolic pathway these compounds were analyzed in mice afflicted with inherited glycosphingolipid disorders. The mice under study lacked the genes encoding either beta-hexosaminidase alpha-subunit (Hexa-/-), the beta-hexosaminidase beta-subunit (Hexb-/-), both beta-hexosaminidase alpha and beta-subunits (Hexa-/- and Hexb-/-), GD3 synthase (GD3S-/-), GD3 synthase and GalNAc transferase (GD3S-/- and GalNAcT-/-), GM2 activator protein (Gm2a-/-), or arylsulfatase A (ASA-/-). Quantification of the sulfatides, I(3)SO(3)(-)-GalCer (SM4s), II(3)SO(3)(-)-LacCer (SM3), II(3)SO(3)(-)-Gg(3)Cer (SM2a), and IV(3,) II(3)-(SO(3)(-))(2)-Gg(4)Cer (SB1a), was performed by nano-electrospray tandem mass spectrometry. We conclude for the in vivo situation in mouse kidneys that: 1) a single enzyme (GalNAc transferase) is responsible for the synthesis of SM2a and GM2 from SM3 and GM3, respectively. 2) In analogy to GD1a, SB1a is degraded via SM2a. 3) SM2a is hydrolyzed to SM3 by beta-hexosaminidase S (Hex S) and Hex A, but not Hex B. Both enzymes are supported by GM2-activator protein. 4) Arylsulfatase A is required to degrade SB1a. It is probably the sole sphingolipid-sulfatase cleaving the galactosyl-3-sulfate bond. In addition, a human Tay-Sachs patient's liver was investigated, which showed accumulation of SM2a along with GM2 storage. The different ceramide compositions of both compounds indicated they were probably derived from different cell types. These data demonstrate that in vivo the sulfatides of the ganglio-series follow the same metabolic pathways as the gangliosides with the replacement of sulfotransferases and sulfatases by sialyltransferases and sialidases. Furthermore, a novel neutral GSL, IV(6)GlcNAcbeta-Gb(4)Cer, was found to accumulate only in Hexa-/- and Hexb-/- mouse kidneys. From this we conclude that Hex S also efficiently cleaves terminal beta1-6-linked HexNAc residues from neutral GSLs in vivo.
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- Roger Sandhoff
- Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum Heidelberg, Abteilung für Zelluläre und Molekulare Pathologie, INF 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Talaga P, Cogez V, Wieruszeski JM, Stahl B, Lemoine J, Lippens G, Bohin JP. Osmoregulated periplasmic glucans of the free-living photosynthetic bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2002; 269:2464-72. [PMID: 12027884 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.02906.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The osmoregulated periplasmic glucans (OPGs) produced by Rhodobacter sphaeroides, a free-living organism, were isolated by trichloracetic acid treatment and gel permeation chromatography. Compounds obtained were characterized by compositional analysis, matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance. R. sphaeroides predominantly synthesizes a cyclic glucan containing 18 glucose residues that can be substituted by one to seven succinyl esters residues at the C6 position of some of the glucose residues, and by one or two acetyl residues. The glucans were subjected to a mild alkaline treatment in order to remove the succinyl and acetyl substituents, analyzed by MALDI mass spectrometry and purified by high-performance anion-exchange chromatography. Methylation analysis revealed that this glucan is linked by 17 1,2 glycosidic bonds and one 1,6 glycosidic bond. Homonuclear and (1)H/(13)C heteronuclear NMR experiments revealed the presence of a single alpha-1,6 glycosidic linkage, whereas all other glucose residues are beta-1,2 linked. The different anomeric proton signals allowed a complete sequence-specific assignment of the glucan. The structural characteristics of this glucan are very similar to the previously described OPGs of Ralstonia solanacearum and Xanthomonas campestris, except for its different size and the presence of substituents. Therefore, similar OPGs are synthesized by phytopathogenic as well as free-living bacteria, suggesting these compounds are intrinsic components of the Gram-negative bacterial envelope.
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- Philippe Talaga
- Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, CNRS UMR8576, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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Wuhrer M, Kantelhardt SR, Dennis RD, Doenhoff MJ, Lochnit G, Geyer R. Characterization of glycosphingolipids from Schistosoma mansoni eggs carrying Fuc(alpha1-3)GalNAc-, GalNAc(beta1-4)[Fuc(alpha1-3)]GlcNAc- and Gal(beta1-4)[Fuc(alpha1-3)]GlcNAc- (Lewis X) terminal structures. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2002; 269:481-93. [PMID: 11856306 DOI: 10.1046/j.0014-2956.2001.02673.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The carbohydrate moieties of glycosphingolipids from eggs of the human parasite, Schistosoma mansoni, were enzymatically released, labelled with 2-aminopyridine (PA), fractionated and analysed by linkage analysis, partial hydrolysis, enzymatic cleavage, matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry and nano-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. Apart from large, highly fucosylated structures with five to seven HexNAc residues, we found short, oligofucosylated species containing three to four HexNAc residues. Their structures have been determined as Fuc(alpha1-3)GalNAc(beta1-4)[ +/- Fuc (alpha1-3)]GlcNAc(beta1-3)GalNAc(beta1-4)Glc-PA, GalNAc(beta1-4)[Fuc(alpha1-3)]GlcNAc(beta1-3)GlcNAc(beta1-3)GalNAc(beta1-4) Glc-PA, Fuc(alpha1-3)GalNAc(beta1-4)[Fuc(alpha1-3)]GlcNAc(beta1-4) GlcNAc(beta1-3)GalNAc(beta1-4)Glc-PA, and Fuc(alpha1-3) GalNAc(beta1-4)[ +/- Fuc(alpha1-2) +/- Fuc(alpha1-2)Fuc(alpha1-3)]Glc NAc(beta1-3)GlcNAc(beta1-3)GalNAc(beta1-4)Glc-PA. The last structure exhibits a trifucosyl sidechain previously identified on the cercarial glycocalyx. These structures stress the importance of 3-fucosylated GalNAc as a terminal epitope in schistosome glycoconjugates. To what degree these glycans contribute to the pronounced antigenicity of S. mansoni egg glycolipids remains to be determined. In addition, we have identified the compounds GlcNAc(beta1-3)GalNAc(beta1-4)Glc-PA, Gal(beta1-4)[Fuc(alpha1-3)]GlcNAc(beta1-3) GalNAc (beta1-4)Glc-PA, the latter of which is a Lewis X-pentasaccharide identical to that present on cercarial glycolipids, as well as Gal(beta1-3)GalNAc(1-4)Gal(1-4)Glc-PA, which corresponds to asialogangliotetraosylceramide and is most probably derived from the mammalian host.
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- Manfred Wuhrer
- Institute of Biochemistry, University of Giessen, Germany
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Geyer H, Bahr U, Liedtke S, Schachner M, Geyer R. Core structures of polysialylated glycans present in neural cell adhesion molecule from newborn mouse brain. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2001; 268:6587-99. [PMID: 11737213 DOI: 10.1046/j.0014-2956.2001.02613.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Polysialylation of the neural cell adhesion molecule (N-CAM) is known to destabilize cell-cell adhesion and to promote plasticity in cell-cell interactions. To gain more insights into the molecular mechanisms regulating the selective expression of polysialic acid on distinct glycan chains, the underlying core structures of polysialylated N-CAM glycans from newborn mouse brain were examined. Starting from low picomolar amounts of oligosaccharides, a multistep approach was used that was based on various mass spectrometric techniques with minimized sample consumption. Evidence could be provided that polysialylated murine N-CAM glycans comprise diantennary, triantennary and tetraantennary core structures carrying, in part, type-1 N-acetyllactosamine antennae, sulfate groups linked to terminal galactose or subterminal N-acetylglucosamine residues and, as a characteristic feature, a sulfated glucuronic acid unit which was bound exclusively to C3 of terminal galactose in Manalpha3-linked type-2 antennae. Hence, our results reveal that part of the murine N-CAM carbohydrates are modified within a single oligosaccharide by polysialic acid plus a HSO3-GlcA-moiety, which is likely to represent a HNK1-epitope. As HNK1-carbohydrates are also known to modulate cell-cell interactions, the simultaneous presence of both carbohydrate epitopes may reflect a new mechanism involved in the fine-tuning of N-CAM functions.
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- H Geyer
- Institute of Biochemistry, University of Giessen, Germany
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da Silva BP, Parente JP. An anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory polysaccharide from Orbignya phalerata. Fitoterapia 2001; 72:887-93. [PMID: 11731113 DOI: 10.1016/s0367-326x(01)00338-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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A polysaccharide, a glucan with mean M(r) of 1.0 x 10(6) (MP1), was isolated from the mesocarp of fruits of Orbignya phalerata. Chemical and spectroscopic studies indicated that MP1 has a highly branched glucan type structure composed of alpha-(1-->4) linked D-glucopyranose residues with (3-->4), (4-->6), and with (3-->6) branching points. MP1 enhanced phagocytosis in vivo and exhibited anti-inflammatory activity.
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- B P da Silva
- Laboratório de Química de Plantas Medicinais, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, P.O. Box 68045, CEP 21944-970, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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