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Gyapon-Quast F, Goicoechea de Jorge E, Malik T, Wu N, Yu J, Chai W, Feizi T, Liu Y, Pickering MC. Defining the Glycosaminoglycan Interactions of Complement Factor H-Related Protein 5. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2021; 207:534-541. [PMID: 34193601 PMCID: PMC8313009 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.2000072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2020] [Accepted: 05/06/2021] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Complement activation is an important mediator of kidney injury in glomerulonephritis. Complement factor H (FH) and FH-related protein 5 (FHR-5) influence complement activation in C3 glomerulopathy and IgA nephropathy by differentially regulating glomerular complement. FH is a negative regulator of complement C3 activation. Conversely, FHR-5 in vitro promotes C3 activation either directly or by competing with FH for binding to complement C3b. The FH-C3b interaction is enhanced by surface glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) and the FH-GAG interaction is well-characterized. In contrast, the contributions of carbohydrates to the interaction of FHR-5 and C3b are unknown. Using plate-based and microarray technologies we demonstrate that FHR-5 interacts with sulfated GAGs and that this interaction is influenced by the pattern and degree of GAG sulfation. The FHR-5-GAG interaction that we identified has functional relevance as we could show that the ability of FHR-5 to prevent binding of FH to surface C3b is enhanced by surface kidney heparan sulfate. Our findings are important in understanding the molecular basis of the binding of FHR-5 to glomerular complement and the role of FHR-5 in complement-mediated glomerular disease.
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- Frederick Gyapon-Quast
- Glycosciences Laboratory, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom;,Centre for Inflammatory Disease, Department of Immunology and Inflammation, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; and
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- Department of Immunology, Complutense University and Research Institute Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- Centre for Inflammatory Disease, Department of Immunology and Inflammation, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; and
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- Glycosciences Laboratory, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Glycosciences Laboratory, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Glycosciences Laboratory, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Glycosciences Laboratory, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Glycosciences Laboratory, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Inflammatory Disease, Department of Immunology and Inflammation, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; and
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Sun P, Frommhagen M, Kleine Haar M, van Erven G, Bakx EJ, van Berkel WJH, Kabel MA. Mass spectrometric fragmentation patterns discriminate C1- and C4-oxidised cello-oligosaccharides from their non-oxidised and reduced forms. Carbohydr Polym 2020; 234:115917. [PMID: 32070536 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2020.115917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2019] [Revised: 01/13/2020] [Accepted: 01/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) are powerful enzymes that degrade recalcitrant polysaccharides, such as cellulose. However, the identification of LPMO-generated C1- and/or C4-oxidised oligosaccharides is far from straightforward. In particular, their fragmentation patterns have not been well established when using mass spectrometry. Hence, we studied the fragmentation behaviours of non-, C1- and C4-oxidised cello-oligosaccharides, including their sodium borodeuteride-reduced forms, by using hydrophilic interaction chromatography and negative ion mode collision induced dissociation - mass spectrometry. Non-oxidised cello-oligosaccharides showed predominantly C- and A-type cleavages. In comparison, C4-oxidised ones underwent B-/Y- and X-cleavage close to the oxidised non-reducing end, while closer to the reducing end C-/Z- and A-fragmentation predominated. C1-oxidised cello-oligosaccharides showed extensively A-cleavage. Reduced oligosaccharides showed predominant glycosidic bond cleavage, both B-/Y- and C-/Z-, close to the non-reducing end. Our findings provide signature mass spectrometric fragmentation patterns to unambiguously elucidate the catalytic behaviour and classification of LPMOs.
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- Peicheng Sun
- Laboratory of Food Chemistry, Wageningen University and Research, Bornse Weilanden 9, 6708 WG Wageningen, the Netherlands.
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- Laboratory of Food Chemistry, Wageningen University and Research, Bornse Weilanden 9, 6708 WG Wageningen, the Netherlands.
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- Laboratory of Food Chemistry, Wageningen University and Research, Bornse Weilanden 9, 6708 WG Wageningen, the Netherlands.
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- Laboratory of Food Chemistry, Wageningen University and Research, Bornse Weilanden 9, 6708 WG Wageningen, the Netherlands.
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- Laboratory of Food Chemistry, Wageningen University and Research, Bornse Weilanden 9, 6708 WG Wageningen, the Netherlands.
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- Laboratory of Food Chemistry, Wageningen University and Research, Bornse Weilanden 9, 6708 WG Wageningen, the Netherlands.
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- Laboratory of Food Chemistry, Wageningen University and Research, Bornse Weilanden 9, 6708 WG Wageningen, the Netherlands.
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Sadowski R, Gadzała-Kopciuch R, Buszewski B. Recent Developments in the Separation of Low Molecular Weight Heparin Anticoagulants. Curr Med Chem 2019; 26:166-176. [PMID: 28982317 DOI: 10.2174/0929867324666171005114150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2016] [Revised: 08/11/2016] [Accepted: 09/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The general function of anticoagulants is to prevent blood clotting and growing of the existing clots in blood vessels. In recent years, there has been a significant improvement in developing methods of prevention as well as pharmacologic and surgical treatment of thrombosis. For over the last two decades, low molecular weight heparins (LMWHs) have found their application in the antithrombotic diseases treatment. These types of drugs are widely used in clinical therapy. Despite the biological and medical importance of LMWHs, they have not been completely characterized in terms of their chemical structure. Due to both, the structural complexity of these anticoagulants and the presence of impurities, their structural characterization requires the employment of advanced analytical techniques. Since separation techniques play the key role in these endeavors, this review will focus on the presentation of recent developments in the separation of LMWH anticoagulants.
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- Radosław Sadowski
- Department of Environmental Chemistry and Bioanalytics, Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland.,Interdisciplinary Centre of Modern Technologies, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
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- Department of Environmental Chemistry and Bioanalytics, Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland.,Interdisciplinary Centre of Modern Technologies, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
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- Department of Environmental Chemistry and Bioanalytics, Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland.,Interdisciplinary Centre of Modern Technologies, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
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Identification of Heparin Modifications and Polysaccharide Inhibitors of Plasmodium falciparum Merozoite Invasion That Have Potential for Novel Drug Development. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2017; 61:AAC.00709-17. [PMID: 28893781 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00709-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2017] [Accepted: 09/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Despite recent successful control efforts, malaria remains a leading global health burden. Alarmingly, resistance to current antimalarials is increasing and the development of new drug families is needed to maintain malaria control. Current antimalarials target the intraerythrocytic developmental stage of the Plasmodium falciparum life cycle. However, the invasive extracellular parasite form, the merozoite, is also an attractive target for drug development. We have previously demonstrated that heparin-like molecules, including those with low molecular weights and low anticoagulant activities, are potent and specific inhibitors of merozoite invasion and blood-stage replication. Here we tested a large panel of heparin-like molecules and sulfated polysaccharides together with various modified chemical forms for their inhibitory activity against P. falciparum merozoite invasion. We identified chemical modifications that improve inhibitory activity and identified several additional sulfated polysaccharides with strong inhibitory activity. These studies have important implications for the further development of heparin-like molecules as antimalarial drugs and for understanding merozoite invasion.
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Khanal N, Masellis C, Kamrath MZ, Clemmer DE, Rizzo TR. Glycosaminoglycan Analysis by Cryogenic Messenger-Tagging IR Spectroscopy Combined with IMS-MS. Anal Chem 2017; 89:7601-7606. [PMID: 28636333 PMCID: PMC5675075 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b01467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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We combine ion mobility spectrometry with cryogenic, messenger-tagging, infrared spectroscopy and mass spectrometry to identify different isomeric disaccharides of chondroitin sulfate (CS) and heparan sulfate (HS), which are representatives of two major subclasses of glycosaminoglycans. Our analysis shows that while CS and HS disaccharide isomers have similar drift times, they can be uniquely distinguished by their vibrational spectrum between ∼3200 and 3700 cm-1 due to their different OH hydrogen-bonding patterns. We suggest that this combination of techniques is well suited to identify and characterize glycan isomers directly, which presents tremendous challenges for existing methods.
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- Neelam Khanal
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Physique Moléculaire, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL SB ISIC LCPM, Station 6, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Physique Moléculaire, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL SB ISIC LCPM, Station 6, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Physique Moléculaire, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL SB ISIC LCPM, Station 6, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Li M, Shang Q, Li G, Wang X, Yu G. Degradation of Marine Algae-Derived Carbohydrates by Bacteroidetes Isolated from Human Gut Microbiota. Mar Drugs 2017; 15:md15040092. [PMID: 28338633 PMCID: PMC5408238 DOI: 10.3390/md15040092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2017] [Revised: 03/14/2017] [Accepted: 03/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Carrageenan, agarose, and alginate are algae-derived undigested polysaccharides that have been used as food additives for hundreds of years. Fermentation of dietary carbohydrates of our food in the lower gut of humans is a critical process for the function and integrity of both the bacterial community and host cells. However, little is known about the fermentation of these three kinds of seaweed carbohydrates by human gut microbiota. Here, the degradation characteristics of carrageenan, agarose, alginate, and their oligosaccharides, by Bacteroides xylanisolvens, Bacteroides ovatus, and Bacteroides uniforms, isolated from human gut microbiota, are studied.
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- Miaomiao Li
- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Glycoscience and Glycoengineering, School of Medicine and pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.
- Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts of Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China.
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Glycoscience and Glycoengineering, School of Medicine and pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control and Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Food Microbiology, Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China.
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Glycoscience and Glycoengineering, School of Medicine and pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.
- Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts of Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China.
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Li N, Mao W, Liu X, Wang S, Xia Z, Cao S, Li L, Zhang Q, Liu S. Sequence analysis of the pyruvylated galactan sulfate-derived oligosaccharides by negative-ion electrospray tandem mass spectrometry. Carbohydr Res 2016; 433:80-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2016.07.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2016] [Revised: 07/05/2016] [Accepted: 07/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Lin L, Liu X, Zhang F, Chi L, Amster IJ, Leach FE, Xia Q, Linhardt RJ. Analysis of heparin oligosaccharides by capillary electrophoresis-negative-ion electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. Anal Bioanal Chem 2016; 409:411-420. [PMID: 27325464 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-016-9662-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2016] [Revised: 05/09/2016] [Accepted: 05/20/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Most hyphenated analytical approaches that rely on liquid chromatography-MS require relatively long separation times, produce incomplete resolution of oligosaccharide mixtures, use eluents that are incompatible with electrospray ionization, or require oligosaccharide derivatization. Here we demonstrate the analysis of heparin oligosaccharides, including disaccharides, ultralow molecular weight heparin, and a low molecular weight heparin, using a novel electrokinetic pump-based CE-MS coupling eletrospray ion source. Reverse polarity CE separation and negative-mode electrospray ionization were optimized using a volatile methanolic ammonium acetate electrolyte and sheath fluid. The online CE hyphenated negative-ion electrospray ionization MS on an LTQ Orbitrap mass spectrometer was useful in disaccharide compositional analysis and bottom-up and top-down analysis of low molecular weight heparin. The application of this CE-MS method to ultralow molecular heparin suggests that a charge state distribution and the low level of sulfate group loss that is achieved make this method useful for online tandem MS analysis of heparins. Graphical abstract Most hyphenated analytical approaches that rely on liquid chromatography-MS require relatively long separation times, produce incomplete resolution of oligosaccharide mixtures, use eluents that are incompatible with electrospray ionization, or require oligosaccharide derivatization. Here we demonstrate the analysis of heparin oligosaccharides, including disaccharides, ultralow molecular weight heparin, and a low molecular weight heparin, using a novel electrokinetic pump-based CE-MS coupling eletrospray ion source. Reverse polarity CE separation and negative-mode electrospray ionization were optimized using a volatile methanolic ammonium acetate electrolyte and sheath fluid. The online CE hyphenated negative-ion electrospray ionization MS on an LTQ Orbitrap mass spectrometer was useful in disaccharide compositional analysis and bottom-up and top-down analysis of low molecular weight heparin. The application of this CE-MS method to ultralow molecular heparin suggests that a charge state distribution and the low level of sulfate group loss that is achieved make this method useful for online tandem MS analysis of heparins.
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- Lei Lin
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 Eighth Street, Troy, NY, 12180, USA.,Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 Eighth Street, Troy, NY, 12180, USA.,Department of Biology, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 Eighth Street, Troy, NY, 12180, USA.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 Eighth Street, Troy, NY, 12180, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 Eighth Street, Troy, NY, 12180, USA.,Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 Eighth Street, Troy, NY, 12180, USA.,Department of Biology, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 Eighth Street, Troy, NY, 12180, USA.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 Eighth Street, Troy, NY, 12180, USA.,National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong University, 44 Wenhuaxi Rd., Jinan, Shandong, 250100, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 Eighth Street, Troy, NY, 12180, USA.,Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 Eighth Street, Troy, NY, 12180, USA.,Department of Biology, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 Eighth Street, Troy, NY, 12180, USA.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 Eighth Street, Troy, NY, 12180, USA
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- National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong University, 44 Wenhuaxi Rd., Jinan, Shandong, 250100, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, 140 Cedar Street, Athens, Georgia, 30602-2556, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, 140 Cedar Street, Athens, Georgia, 30602-2556, USA
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- CMP Scientific, Corp., 760 Parkside Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 11226, USA. .,Beijing Proteomics Front Co., Ltd., R&D Building, 29 Shengmingyuan Rd, Changping District, Beijing, 102206, China.
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 Eighth Street, Troy, NY, 12180, USA. .,Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 Eighth Street, Troy, NY, 12180, USA. .,Department of Biology, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 Eighth Street, Troy, NY, 12180, USA. .,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 Eighth Street, Troy, NY, 12180, USA.
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Mulloy B, Wu N, Gyapon-Quast F, Lin L, Zhang F, Pickering MC, Linhardt RJ, Feizi T, Chai W. Abnormally High Content of Free Glucosamine Residues Identified in a Preparation of Commercially Available Porcine Intestinal Heparan Sulfate. Anal Chem 2016; 88:6648-52. [PMID: 27295282 PMCID: PMC4948919 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b01662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Heparan sulfate (HS)
polysaccharides are ubiquitous in animal tissues
as components of proteoglycans, and they participate in many important
biological processes. HS carbohydrate chains are complex and can contain
rare structural components such as N-unsubstituted
glucosamine (GlcN). Commercially available HS preparations have been
invaluable in many types of research activities. In the course of
preparing microarrays to include probes derived from HS oligosaccharides,
we found an unusually high content of GlcN residue in a recently purchased
batch of porcine intestinal mucosal HS. Composition and sequence analysis
by mass spectrometry of the oligosaccharides obtained after heparin
lyase III digestion of the polysaccharide indicated two and three
GlcN in the tetrasaccharide and hexasaccharide fractions, respectively. 1H NMR of the intact polysaccharide showed that this unusual
batch differed strikingly from other HS preparations obtained from
bovine kidney and porcine intestine. The very high content of GlcN
(30%) and low content of GlcNAc (4.2%) determined by disaccharide
composition analysis indicated that N-deacetylation
and/or N-desulfation may have taken place. HS is
widely used by the scientific community to investigate HS structures
and activities. Great care has to be taken in drawing conclusions
from investigations of structural features of HS and specificities
of HS interaction with proteins when commercial HS is used without
further analysis. Pending the availability of a validated commercial
HS reference preparation, our data may be useful to members of the
scientific community who have used the present preparation in their
studies.
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- Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute , Troy, New York 12180, United States
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- Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute , Troy, New York 12180, United States
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- Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute , Troy, New York 12180, United States
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Mangrum JB, Engelmann BJ, Peterson EJ, Ryan JJ, Berners-Price SJ, Farrell NP. A new approach to glycan targeting: enzyme inhibition by oligosaccharide metalloshielding. Chem Commun (Camb) 2014; 50:4056-8. [PMID: 24463939 DOI: 10.1039/c3cc49695c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Metalloglycomics - the effects of defined coordination compounds on oligosaccharides and their structure and function - opens new areas for bioinorganic chemistry and expands its systematic study to the third major class of biomolecules after DNA/RNA and proteins.
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- John B Mangrum
- Department of Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23284, USA.
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Tomatsu S, Shimada T, Mason RW, Montaño AM, Kelly J, LaMarr WA, Kubaski F, Giugliani R, Guha A, Yasuda E, Mackenzie W, Yamaguchi S, Suzuki Y, Orii T. Establishment of glycosaminoglycan assays for mucopolysaccharidoses. Metabolites 2014; 4:655-79. [PMID: 25116756 PMCID: PMC4192686 DOI: 10.3390/metabo4030655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2014] [Revised: 07/26/2014] [Accepted: 07/28/2014] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
Abstract
Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) are a group of lysosomal storage disorders caused by deficiency of the lysosomal enzymes essential for catabolism of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs). Accumulation of undegraded GAGs results in dysfunction of multiple organs, resulting in distinct clinical manifestations. A range of methods have been developed to measure specific GAGs in various human samples to investigate diagnosis, prognosis, pathogenesis, GAG interaction with other molecules, and monitoring therapeutic efficacy. We established ELISA, liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS), and an automated high-throughput mass spectrometry (HT-MS/MS) system (RapidFire) to identify epitopes (ELISA) or disaccharides (MS/MS) derived from different GAGs (dermatan sulfate, heparan sulfate, keratan sulfate, and/or chondroitin sulfate). These methods have a high sensitivity and specificity in GAG analysis, applicable to the analysis of blood, urine, tissues, and cells. ELISA is feasible, sensitive, and reproducible with the standard equipment. HT-MS/MS yields higher throughput than conventional LC-MS/MS-based methods while the HT-MS/MS system does not have a chromatographic step and cannot distinguish GAGs with identical molecular weights, leading to a limitation of measurements for some specific GAGs. Here we review the advantages and disadvantages of these methods for measuring GAG levels in biological specimens. We also describe an unexpected secondary elevation of keratan sulfate in patients with MPS that is an indirect consequence of disruption of catabolism of other GAGs.
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- Shunji Tomatsu
- Nemours/Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA.
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- Nemours/Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA.
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- Nemours/Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO 63104, USA.
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- Agilent Technologies, Inc., Wakefield, MA 01880, USA.
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- Nemours/Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA.
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- Department of Genetics/UFRGS, Medical Genetics Service/HCPA, Porto Alegre 90035-903, Brazil.
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- Nemours/Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA.
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- Nemours/Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA.
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- Nemours/Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Shimane University, Shimane 693-8501, Japan.
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- Medical Education Development Center, Gifu University, Gifu 501-1194, Japan.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Gifu University, Gifu 501-1194, Japan.
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Kanagawa M, Liu Y, Hanashima S, Ikeda A, Chai W, Nakano Y, Kojima-Aikawa K, Feizi T, Yamaguchi Y. Structural basis for multiple sugar recognition of Jacalin-related human ZG16p lectin. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:16954-65. [PMID: 24790092 PMCID: PMC4059138 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.539114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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ZG16p is a soluble mammalian lectin, the first to be described with a Jacalin-related β-prism-fold. ZG16p has been reported to bind both to glycosaminoglycans and mannose. To determine the structural basis of the multiple sugar-binding properties, we conducted glycan microarray analyses of human ZG16p. We observed that ZG16p preferentially binds to α-mannose-terminating short glycans such as Ser/Thr-linked O-mannose, but not to high mannose-type N-glycans. Among sulfated glycosaminoglycan oligomers examined, chondroitin sulfate B and heparin oligosaccharides showed significant binding. Crystallographic studies of human ZG16p lectin in the presence of selected ligands revealed the mechanism of multiple sugar recognition. Manα1–3Man and Glcβ1–3Glc bound in different orientations: the nonreducing end of the former and the reducing end of the latter fitted in the canonical shallow mannose binding pocket. Solution NMR analysis using 15N-labeled ZG16p defined the heparin-binding region, which is on an adjacent flat surface of the protein. On-array competitive binding assays suggest that it is possible for ZG16p to bind simultaneously to both types of ligands. Recognition of a broad spectrum of ligands by ZG16p may account for the multiple functions of this lectin in the formation of zymogen granules via glycosaminoglycan binding, and in the recognition of pathogens in the digestive system through α-mannose-related recognition.
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- Mayumi Kanagawa
- From the Structural Glycobiology Team, Systems Glycobiology Research Group, RIKEN-Max Planck Joint Research Center, RIKEN Global Research Cluster, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- the Department of Medicine, Glycosciences Laboratory, Imperial College London, Burlington Danes Building, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, United Kingdom,
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- From the Structural Glycobiology Team, Systems Glycobiology Research Group, RIKEN-Max Planck Joint Research Center, RIKEN Global Research Cluster, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- From the Structural Glycobiology Team, Systems Glycobiology Research Group, RIKEN-Max Planck Joint Research Center, RIKEN Global Research Cluster, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- the Department of Medicine, Glycosciences Laboratory, Imperial College London, Burlington Danes Building, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, United Kingdom
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- the Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Ochanomizu University, 2-1-1 Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8610, Japan, and the The Glycoscience Institute, Ochanomizu University, 2-1-1 Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8610, Japan
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- the Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Ochanomizu University, 2-1-1 Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8610, Japan, and the The Glycoscience Institute, Ochanomizu University, 2-1-1 Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8610, Japan
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- the Department of Medicine, Glycosciences Laboratory, Imperial College London, Burlington Danes Building, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, United Kingdom
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- From the Structural Glycobiology Team, Systems Glycobiology Research Group, RIKEN-Max Planck Joint Research Center, RIKEN Global Research Cluster, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan,
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Cerqueira C, Liu Y, Kühling L, Chai W, Hafezi W, van Kuppevelt TH, Kühn JE, Feizi T, Schelhaas M. Heparin increases the infectivity of Human Papillomavirus type 16 independent of cell surface proteoglycans and induces L1 epitope exposure. Cell Microbiol 2013; 15:1818-36. [PMID: 23601855 PMCID: PMC4731924 DOI: 10.1111/cmi.12150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2012] [Revised: 03/20/2013] [Accepted: 04/11/2013] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Human Papillomaviruses (HPVs) are the etiological agents of cervical cancer, and HPV-16 is the most prevalent type. Several HPVs require heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPGs) for cell binding. Here, we analyse the phenomenon that preincubation of HPV-16 with increasing concentrations of heparin results in partial restoration rather than more efficient inhibition of infection. While corroborating that the HSPGs are cell-binding receptors for HPV-16, heparin-preincubated virus bound to the extracellular matrix (ECM) via laminin-332. Furthermore, the interaction of virions with heparin, a representative of the highly sulfated S-domains of heparan sulfate (HS) chains of HSPGs, allowed HPV-16 infection in the absence of cell surface HSPGs. Therefore, we concluded that specific glycan moieties but not specific HSPG protein backbones are required for infection. The increased binding of an epitope-specific antibody to the viral capsid after heparin binding suggested that initial conformational changes in the HPV-16 virion occur during infection by interaction with'heparin-like' domains of cellular HSPGs. We propose that HS sequences with specific sulfation patterns are required to facilitate HPV-16 infection.
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- Carla Cerqueira
- Emmy-Noether Group ‘Virus Endocytosis’, Institutes of Molecular Virology and Medical Biochemistry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Glycosciences Laboratory, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
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- Emmy-Noether Group ‘Virus Endocytosis’, Institutes of Molecular Virology and Medical Biochemistry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Glycosciences Laboratory, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
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- University Hospital Münster, Institute of Medical Microbiology – Clinical Virology, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- University Hospital Münster, Institute of Medical Microbiology – Clinical Virology, Münster, Germany
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- Glycosciences Laboratory, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
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- Emmy-Noether Group ‘Virus Endocytosis’, Institutes of Molecular Virology and Medical Biochemistry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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Miller GJ, Hansen SU, Avizienyte E, Rushton G, Cole C, Jayson GC, Gardiner JM. Efficient chemical synthesis of heparin-like octa-, deca- and dodecasaccharides and inhibition of FGF2- and VEGF165-mediated endothelial cell functions. Chem Sci 2013. [DOI: 10.1039/c3sc51217g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Liang A, Thakkar JN, Hindle M, Desai UR. Dynamic affinity chromatography in the separation of sulfated lignins binding to thrombin. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2012; 908:45-51. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2012.09.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2012] [Revised: 09/24/2012] [Accepted: 09/25/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Wang Y, Yu G, Han Z, Yang B, Hu Y, Zhao X, Wu J, Lv Y, Chai W. Specificities of Ricinus communis agglutinin 120 interaction with sulfated galactose. FEBS Lett 2011; 585:3927-34. [PMID: 22079878 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2011.10.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2011] [Revised: 10/18/2011] [Accepted: 10/19/2011] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Lectins are used extensively as research tools to detect and target specific oligosaccharide sequences. Ricinus communis agglutinin I (RCA(120)) recognizes non-reducing terminal β-D-galactose (Galβ) and its specificities of interactions with neutral and sialylated oligosaccharides have been well documented. Here we use carbohydrate arrays of sulfated Galβ-containing oligosaccharide probes, prepared from marine-derived galactans, to investigate their interactions with RCA(120). Our results showed that RCA(120) binding to Galβ1-4 was enhanced by 2-O- or 6-O-sulfation but abolished by 4-O-sulfation. The results were corroborated with competition experiments. Erythrina cristagalli lectin is also a Galβ-binding protein but it cannot accommodate any sulfation on Galβ.
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- Yufeng Wang
- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Glycoscience and Glycoengineering, and Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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Synthesis, separation, and characterization of amphiphilic sulfated oligosaccharides enabled by reversed-phase ion pairing LC and LC-MS methods. Carbohydr Res 2011; 346:2792-800. [PMID: 22015170 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2011.09.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2011] [Revised: 09/09/2011] [Accepted: 09/19/2011] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Synthesis of amphiphilic oligosaccharides is problematic because traditional methods for separating and purifying oligosaccharides, including sulfated oligosaccharides, are generally not applicable to working with amphiphilic sugars. We report here RPIP-LC and LC-MS methods that enable the synthesis, separation, and characterization of amphiphilic N-arylacyl O-sulfonated aminoglycosides, which are being pursued as small-molecule glycosaminoglycan mimics. The methods described in this work for separating and characterizing these amphiphilic saccharides are further applied to a number of uses: monitoring the progression of sulfonation reactions with analytical RP-HPLC, characterizing sulfate content for individual molecules with ESI-MS, determining the degree of sulfation for products having mixed degrees of sulfation with HPLC and LC-MS, and purifying products with benchtop C18 column chromatography. We believe that the methods described here will be broadly applicable to enabling the synthesis, separation, and characterization of amphiphilic, sulfated, and phosphorylated oligosaccharides and other types of molecules substituted to varying degrees with both anionic and hydrophobic groups.
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Huang R, Pomin VH, Sharp JS. LC-MS(n) analysis of isomeric chondroitin sulfate oligosaccharides using a chemical derivatization strategy. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2011; 22:1577-87. [PMID: 21953261 PMCID: PMC3187560 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-011-0174-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2011] [Revised: 05/16/2011] [Accepted: 05/19/2011] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Improved methods for structural analyses of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) are required to understand their functional roles in various biological processes. Major challenges in structural characterization of complex GAG oligosaccharides using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) include the accurate determination of the patterns of sulfation due to gas-phase losses of the sulfate groups upon collisional activation and inefficient on-line separation of positional sulfation isomers prior to MS/MS analyses. Here, a sequential chemical derivatization procedure including permethylation, desulfation, and acetylation was demonstrated to enable both on-line LC separation of isomeric mixtures of chondroitin sulfate (CS) oligosaccharides and accurate determination of sites of sulfation by MS(n). The derivatized oligosaccharides have sulfate groups replaced with acetyl groups, which are sufficiently stable to survive MS(n) fragmentation and reflect the original sulfation patterns. A standard reversed-phase LC-MS system with a capillary C18 column was used for separation, and MS(n) experiments using collision-induced dissociation (CID) were performed. Our results indicate that the combination of this derivatization strategy and MS(n) methodology enables accurate identification of the sulfation isomers of CS hexasaccharides with either saturated or unsaturated nonreducing ends. Moreover, derivatized CS hexasaccharide isomer mixtures become separable by LC-MS method due to different positions of acetyl modifications.
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- Rongrong Huang
- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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Yang B, Weyers A, Baik JY, Sterner E, Sharfstein S, Mousa SA, Zhang F, Dordick JS, Linhardt RJ. Ultra-performance ion-pairing liquid chromatography with on-line electrospray ion trap mass spectrometry for heparin disaccharide analysis. Anal Biochem 2011; 415:59-66. [PMID: 21530482 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2011.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2011] [Revised: 04/01/2011] [Accepted: 04/04/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A high-resolution method for the separation and analysis of disaccharides prepared from heparin and heparan sulfate (HS) using heparin lyases is described. Ultra-performance liquid chromatography in a reverse-phase ion-pairing mode efficiently separates eight heparin/HS disaccharides. The disaccharides can then be detected and quantified using electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. This method is particularly useful in the analysis of small amounts of biological samples, including cells, tissues, and biological fluids, because it provides high sensitivity without being subject to interference from proteins, peptides, and other sample impurities.
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- Bo Yang
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA
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Yang B, Solakyildirim K, Chang Y, Linhardt RJ. Hyphenated techniques for the analysis of heparin and heparan sulfate. Anal Bioanal Chem 2011; 399:541-57. [PMID: 20853165 PMCID: PMC3235348 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-010-4117-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2010] [Revised: 08/06/2010] [Accepted: 08/09/2010] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The elucidation of the structure of glycosaminoglycan has proven to be challenging for analytical chemists. Molecules of glycosaminoglycan have a high negative charge and are polydisperse and microheterogeneous, thus requiring the application of multiple analytical techniques and methods. Heparin and heparan sulfate are the most structurally complex of the glycosaminoglycans and are widely distributed in nature. They play critical roles in physiological and pathophysiological processes through their interaction with heparin-binding proteins. Moreover, heparin and low-molecular weight heparin are currently used as pharmaceutical drugs to control blood coagulation. In 2008, the health crisis resulting from the contamination of pharmaceutical heparin led to considerable attention regarding their analysis and structural characterization. Modern analytical techniques, including high-performance liquid chromatography, capillary electrophoresis, mass spectrometry, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, played critical roles in this effort. A successful combination of separation and spectral techniques will clearly provide a critical advantage in the future analysis of heparin and heparan sulfate. This review focuses on recent efforts to develop hyphenated techniques for the analysis of heparin and heparan sulfate.
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- Bo Yang
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA
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Malavaki CJ, Theocharis AD, Lamari FN, Kanakis I, Tsegenidis T, Tzanakakis GN, Karamanos NK. Heparan sulfate: biological significance, tools for biochemical analysis and structural characterization. Biomed Chromatogr 2010; 25:11-20. [DOI: 10.1002/bmc.1536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Interactions with heparin-like molecules during erythrocyte invasion by Plasmodium falciparum merozoites. Blood 2010; 115:4559-68. [PMID: 20220119 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2009-09-243725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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During erythrocyte invasion, Plasmodium falciparum merozoites use multiple receptor-ligand interactions in a series of coordinated events, but current knowledge of these interactions is limited. Using real-time imaging of invasion, we established that heparin-like molecules block early, and essential, events in erythrocyte invasion by merozoites. All P falciparum isolates tested, and parasites using different invasion pathways were inhibited to comparable levels. Furthermore, it was not possible to select for heparin-resistant parasites. Heparin-like molecules occur naturally on the surface of human erythrocytes, where they may act as receptors for binding of merozoite surface proteins. Consistent with this, we demonstrated that MSP1-42, a processed form of merozoite surface protein 1 (MSP1) involved in invasion, bound heparin in a specific manner; furthermore, binding was observed with the secondary processing fragment MSP1-33, but not MSP1-19. We defined key structural requirements of heparin-like molecules for invasion inhibition and interactions with MSP1-42. Optimal activity required a degree of sulfation more than or equal to 2, disulfation of the N-acetylglucosamine or hexuronic acid residue, and a minimum chain length of 6 monosaccharides. These findings have significant implications for understanding P falciparum invasion of erythrocytes and the development of novel therapeutics and vaccines.
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Tomatsu S, Montaño AM, Oguma T, Dung VC, Oikawa H, Gutiérrez ML, Yamaguchi S, Suzuki Y, Fukushi M, Barrera LA, Kida K, Kubota M, Orii T. Validation of disaccharide compositions derived from dermatan sulfate and heparan sulfate in mucopolysaccharidoses and mucolipidoses II and III by tandem mass spectrometry. Mol Genet Metab 2010; 99:124-31. [PMID: 19932038 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2009.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2009] [Revised: 10/02/2009] [Accepted: 10/03/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) are accumulated in various organs in both mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) and mucolipidoses II and III (ML II and III). MPS and ML II and III patients can not properly degrade dermatan sulfate (DS) and/or heparan sulfate (HS). HS storage occurs in the brain leading to neurological signs while DS storage involves mainly visceral and skeletal manifestations. Excessive DS and HS released into circulation and thus blood levels of both are elevated, therefore, DS and HS in blood could be critical biomarkers for MPS and ML. Such measurement can provide a potential early screening, assessment of the clinical course and efficacy of therapies. We here assay DS and HS levels in MPS and ML patients using liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS). Plasma samples were digested by heparitinase and chondroitinase B to obtain disaccharides of DS and HS, followed by LC/MS/MS analysis. One hundred-twenty samples from patients and 112 control samples were analyzed. We found that all MPS I, II, III and VI patients had a significant elevation of all DS+HS compositions analyzed in plasma, compared with the controls (P<0.0001). Specificity and sensitivity was 100% if the cut off value is 800 ng/ml between control and these types of MPS group. All MPS I, II and III patients also had a significant elevation of plasma HS, compared with the controls (P<0.0001). All MPS VI patients had a significant elevation of plasma DS, compared with the controls (P<0.0001). These findings suggest measurement of DS and/or HS levels by LC/MS/MS is applicable to the screening for MPS I, II, III and VI patients.
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- Shunji Tomatsu
- Department of Pediatrics, Saint Louis University, St Louis, MO, United States.
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More than half of all human proteins are glycosylated. Glycosylation defines the adhesive properties of glycoconjugates and it is largely through glycan-protein interactions that cell-cell and cell-pathogen contacts occur. Not surprisingly, considering the central role they play in molecular encounters, glycoprotein and carbohydrate-based drugs and therapeutics represent a greater than $20 billion market. Glycomics, the study of glycan expression in biological systems, relies on effective analytical techniques for correlation of glycan structure with function. This overview summarizes techniques developed historically for glycan characterization as well as recent trends. Derivatization methods key to both traditional and modern approaches for glycoanalysis are described. Monosaccharide compositional analysis is fundamental to any effort to understand glycan structure-function relationships. Chromatographic and electrophoretic separations are key parts of any glycoanalytical workflow. Mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance are complementary instrumental techniques for glycan analysis. Finally, microarrays are emerging as powerful new tools for dynamic analysis of glycan expression.
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- Alicia M Bielik
- Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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Ferreira JA, Domingues MRM, Reis A, Monteiro MA, Coimbra MA. Differentiation of isomeric Lewis blood groups by positive ion electrospray tandem mass spectrometry. Anal Biochem 2009; 397:186-96. [PMID: 19878643 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2009.10.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2009] [Revised: 10/07/2009] [Accepted: 10/16/2009] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Lewis histo-blood group antigens are one of the major classes of biologically active oligosaccharides. In this work, underivatized Lewis blood groups were studied by electrospray tandem mass spectrometry (ESI-MS(n)) in the positive mode with three different mass analyzers: Q-TOF (quadrupole time-of-flight), QqQ (triple quadrupole), and LIT (linear ion trap). It was observed that, under collision-induced fragmentations, type 1 Lewis antigens (Le(a) and Le(b)) could be distinguished from type 2 (Le(x) and Le(y)) on the basis of specific fragmentations of the GlcNAc unit. Whereas O-4-linked sugars of the GlcNAc are lost as residues, the O-3-linked sugars undergo fragmentation both as sugar units and as sugar residues (unit -18Da). Type 2 Lewis antigens also showed a characteristic cross-ring cleavage (0,2)A(2) of the GlcNAc. As a result, the product ions at m/z 388 and 305, characteristic of Le(x), and m/z 372, characteristic of Le(a), are proposed to distinguish the trisaccharide isomers Le(x)/Le(a). Also, the product ions at m/z 534 and 305, characteristic of Le(y), and m/z 372, characteristic of Le(b), are proposed to distinguish the tetrasaccharide isomers Le(b)/Le(y). These diagnostic fragment ions were further applied in the identification of Lewis type 2 antigens (Le(x) and Le(y)) in the lipopolysaccharide of the human gastric pathogen, Helicobacter pylori.
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- José A Ferreira
- Departamento de Química, Universidade de Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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Carbohydrates exhibit many physiologically and pharmacologically important activities, yet their complicated structure and sequence pose major analytical challenges. Although their structural complexity makes analysis of carbohydrate difficult, mass spectrometry (MS) with high sensitivity, resolution and accuracy has become a vital tool in many applications related to analysis of carbohydrates or oligosaccharides. This application is essentially based on soft ionization technique which facilitates the ionization and vaporization of large, polar and thermally labile biomolecules. Electrospray-ionization (ESI), one of the soft ionization technique, tandem MS has been used in the sequencing of peptides, proteins, lipids, nucleic acids and more recently carbohydrates. The development of the ESI and tandem MS has begun to make carbohydrate analysis more routine. This review will focus on the application of the ESI tandem MS for the sequence analysis of native oligosaccharides, including neutral saccharides with multiple linkages, and the uronic acid polymers, alginate and glycosaminoglycans structures containing epimers.
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- Zhenqing Zhang
- Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180, USA
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- Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180, USA
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Doneanu CE, Chen W, Gebler JC. Analysis of oligosaccharides derived from heparin by ion-pair reversed-phase chromatography/mass spectrometry. Anal Chem 2009; 81:3485-99. [PMID: 19344114 DOI: 10.1021/ac802770r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Current chromatographic and mass spectrometric techniques have limitations for analyzing heparin and heparin oligomers due to their high polarity, structural diversity, and sulfate lability. A rapid method for the analysis of heparin oligosaccharides was developed using ion-pair reversed-phase ultraperformance liquid chromatography coupled with electrospray quadruple time-of-flight mass spectrometry (IPRP-UPLC ESI Q-TOF MS). The method utilizes an optimized buffer system containing a linear pentylamine and a unique additive, 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-propanol (HFIP), to achieve highly efficient separation together with enhanced mass response of heparin oligosaccharides. Analyses of a heparin oligosaccharide test mixture, dp6 through dp22, reveal that the chromatographic conditions enable baseline resolution of isomeric heparin oligosaccharides (dp6) and produce intact molecular ions with no sulfate losses during mass spectrometric analysis. In addition, the described conditions are amenable to the detection of heparin oligosaccharides in positive ion mode, yield stronger positive ion signals for corresponding oligosaccharides compared to the negative ion mode, and allow identification of structural isomers by an MS/MS approach. Because sensitive detection of oligosaccharides is also achieved with ultraviolet (UV) detection, the method utilizes a dual detection scheme (UV and MS in series) along with IPRP UPLC to simultaneously obtain quantification (UV) and characterization (MS) data for heparin oligosaccharides. The broad potential of this new method is further demonstrated for the analysis of a low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) preparation from porcine heparin. This approach will be of particular utility for profiling the molecular entities of heparin materials, as well as for structural variability comparison for samples from various sources.
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- Catalin E Doneanu
- Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Waters Corporation, 34 Maple Street, Milford, Massachusetts 01757, USA
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Campo VL, Kawano DF, Silva DBD, Carvalho I. Carrageenans: Biological properties, chemical modifications and structural analysis – A review. Carbohydr Polym 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2009.01.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 782] [Impact Index Per Article: 52.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Yang B, Yu G, Zhao X, Jiao G, Ren S, Chai W. Mechanism of mild acid hydrolysis of galactan polysaccharides with highly ordered disaccharide repeats leading to a complete series of exclusively odd-numbered oligosaccharides. FEBS J 2009; 276:2125-37. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.06947.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Zaia J. On-line separations combined with MS for analysis of glycosaminoglycans. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2009; 28:254-72. [PMID: 18956477 PMCID: PMC4119066 DOI: 10.1002/mas.20200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The glycosaminoglycan (GAG) family of polysaccharides includes the unsulfated hyaluronan and the sulfated heparin, heparan sulfate, keratan sulfate, and chondroitin/dermatan sulfate. GAGs are biosynthesized by a series of enzymes, the activities of which are controlled by complex factors. Animal cells alter their responses to different growth conditions by changing the structures of GAGs expressed on their cell surfaces and in extracellular matrices. Because this variation is a means whereby the functions of the limited number of protein gene products in animal genomes is elaborated, the phenotypic and functional assessment of GAG structures expressed spatially and temporally is an important goal in glycomics. On-line mass spectrometric separations are essential for successful determination of expression patterns for the GAG compound classes due to their inherent complexity and heterogeneity. Options include size exclusion, anion exchange, reversed phase, reversed phase ion pairing, hydrophilic interaction, and graphitized carbon chromatographic modes and capillary electrophoresis. This review summarizes the application of these approaches to on-line MS analysis of the GAG classes.
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- Joseph Zaia
- Department of Biochemistry, Center for Biomedical Mass Spectrometry, Mass Spectrometry Resource, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
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Ohara K, Jacquinet JC, Jouanneau D, Helbert W, Smietana M, Vasseur JJ. Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometric analysis of polysulfated-derived oligosaccharides using pyrenemethylguanidine. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2009; 20:131-137. [PMID: 18838278 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2008.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2008] [Revised: 09/01/2008] [Accepted: 09/01/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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A better understanding of the biological roles of carbohydrates requires the use of tools able to provide efficient and rapid structural information. Unfortunately, highly acidic oligomers-such as polysulfated oligosaccharides-are very challenging to characterize because of their high polarity, structural diversity, and sulfate lability. These features pose special problems for matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometric (MALDI-MS) analysis because polysulfated carbohydrates exhibit poor ionization efficiency and usually do not produce any signal. The present report demonstrates how MALDI-MS can be used to derive structural and compositional information from pure and mixed fractions of polysulfated oligosaccharides. Indeed, pyrenemethylguanidine (pmg, a derivatizing agent and ionization efficiency enhancer) was used for the analysis of di- to decasaccharides, carrying from two to nine sulfate groups. The method is applied to various highly sulfated chondroitin and carrageenan oligosaccharides as well as to the analysis of mixtures of compounds. In the mass spectra, the observation of a unique pmg-complexed ladder of peaks in both ionization modes allows an easy and rapid determination of both the number of sulfate groups carried by the analyte and its molecular weight. Moreover, we have developed a software tool for the rapid and automatic structural elucidation of carrageenans based on the mass spectra obtained.
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- Keiichiro Ohara
- Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron, UMR 5247 CNRS, Université Montpellier 1 and Université Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France
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A capillary electrophoretic method for fingerprinting low molecular weight heparins. Anal Biochem 2008; 380:229-34. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2008.05.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2008] [Revised: 05/27/2008] [Accepted: 05/29/2008] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Complex natural polysaccharides, glycosaminoglycans (GAGs), are a class of ubiquitous macromolecules that exhibit a wide range of biological functions and participate and regulate multiple cellular events and (patho)physiological processes. They are generally present either as free chains (hyaluronic acid and bacterial acidic polysaccharides) or as side chains of proteoglycans (PGs; chondroitin/dermatan sulfate, heparin/heparan sulfate, and keratan sulfate) and are most often found in cell membranes and in the extracellular matrix. The recent emergence of modern analytical tools for their study has produced a virtual explosion in the field of glycomics. CE, due to its high resolving power and sensitivity, has been useful in the analysis of intact GAGs and GAG-derived oligosaccharides and disaccharides affording concentration and structural characterization data essential for understanding the biological functions of GAGs. In this review, novel off-line and on-line CE-MS and MS/MS methods for screening of GAG-derived oligosaccharides and disaccharides will be discussed.
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- Nicola Volpi
- Department of Biologia Animale, Biological Chemistry Section, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
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Coombe DR, Stevenson SM, Kinnear BF, Gandhi NS, Mancera RL, Osmond RIW, Kett WC. Platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule 1 (PECAM-1) and its interactions with glycosaminoglycans: 2. Biochemical analyses. Biochemistry 2008; 47:4863-75. [PMID: 18327914 DOI: 10.1021/bi7024595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule 1 (PECAM-1) (CD31), a member of the immunoglobulin (Ig) superfamily of cell adhesion molecules with six Ig-like domains, has a range of functions, notably its contributions to leukocyte extravasation during inflammation and in maintaining vascular endothelial integrity. Although PECAM-1 is known to mediate cell adhesion by homophilic binding via domain 1, a number of PECAM-1 heterophilic ligands have been proposed. Here, the possibility that heparin and heparan sulfate (HS) are ligands for PECAM-1 was reinvestigated. The extracellular domain of PECAM-1 was expressed first as a fusion protein with the Fc region of human IgG1 fused to domain 6 and second with an N-terminal Flag tag on domain 1 (Flag-PECAM-1). Both proteins bound heparin immobilized on a biosensor chip in surface plasmon resonance (SPR) binding experiments. Binding was pH-sensitive but is easily measured at slightly acidic pH. A series of PECAM-1 domain deletions, prepared in both expression systems, were tested for heparin binding. This revealed that the main heparin-binding site required both domains 2 and 3. Flag-PECAM-1 and a Flag protein containing domains 1-3 bound HS on melanoma cell surfaces, but a Flag protein containing domains 1-2 did not. Heparin oligosaccharides inhibited Flag-PECAM-1 from binding immobilized heparin, with certain structures having greater inhibitory activity than others. Molecular modeling similarly identified the junction of domains 2 and 3 as the heparin-binding site and further revealed the importance of the iduronic acid conformation for binding. PECAM-1 does bind heparin/HS but by a site that is distinct from that required for homophilic binding.
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- Deirdre R Coombe
- School of Biomedical Sciences, Western Australian Biomedical Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia 6845, Australia.
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Beeson JG, Andrews KT, Boyle M, Duffy MF, Choong EK, Byrne TJ, Chesson JM, Lawson AM, Chai W. Structural Basis for Binding of Plasmodium falciparum Erythrocyte Membrane Protein 1 to Chondroitin Sulfate and Placental Tissue and the Influence of Protein Polymorphisms on Binding Specificity. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:22426-36. [PMID: 17562715 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m700231200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Chondroitin sulfate (CS) A is a key receptor for adhesion of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes (IEs) in the placenta and can also mediate adhesion to microvascular endothelial cells. IEs that adhere to CSA express var2csa-type genes, which encode specific variants of the IE surface antigen P. falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1). We report direct binding of native PfEMP1, isolated from IEs and encoded by var2csa, to immobilized CSA. Binding of PfEMP1 was dependent on 4-O-sulfated disaccharides and glucuronic acid rather than iduronic acid, consistent with the specificity of intact IEs. Using immobilized CS oligosaccharides as neoglycolipid probes, the minimum chain length for direct binding of PfEMP1 was eight monosaccharide units. Similarly for IE adhesion to placental tissue there was a requirement for 4-O-sulfated GalNAc and glucuronic acid mixed with non-sulfated disaccharides; 6-O-sulfation interfered with the interaction between placental CSA and IEs. The minimum chain length for maximal inhibition of adhesion was 10 monosaccharide residues. Partially 4-O-sulfated CS oligosaccharides (45-55% sulfation) were highly effective inhibitors of placental adhesion (IC(50), 0.15 microg/ml) and may have potential for therapeutic development. We used defined P. falciparum isolates expressing different variants of var2csa in adhesion assays and found that there were isolate-specific differences in the preferred structural motifs for adhesion to CSA that correlated with polymorphisms in PfEMP1 encoded by var2csa-type genes. This may influence sites of IE sequestration or parasite virulence. These findings have significant implications for understanding the pathogenesis and biology of malaria, particularly during pregnancy, and the development of targeted interventions.
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- James G Beeson
- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria 3050, Australia.
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Hitchcock AM, Yates KE, Shortkroff S, Costello CE, Zaia J. Optimized extraction of glycosaminoglycans from normal and osteoarthritic cartilage for glycomics profiling. Glycobiology 2006; 17:25-35. [PMID: 16980326 PMCID: PMC2630472 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwl046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Articular cartilage is a highly specialized smooth connective tissue whose proper functioning depends on the maintenance of an extracellular matrix consisting of an integrated assembly of collagens, glycoproteins, proteoglycans (PG), and glycosaminoglycans. Isomeric chondroitin sulfate glycoforms differing in position and degree of sulfation and uronic acid epimerization play specific and distinct functional roles during development and disease onset. This work introduces a novel glycosaminoglycan extraction method for the quantification of mixtures of chondroitin sulfate oligosaccharides from intact cartilage tissue for mass spectral analysis. Glycosaminoglycans were extracted from intact cartilage samples using a combination of ethanol precipitation and enzymatic release followed by reversed-phase and strong anion exchange solid-phase extraction steps. Extracted chondroitin sulfate glycosaminoglycans were partially depolymerized using chondroitinases, labeled with 2-anthranilic acid-d(4) (2-AA) and subjected to size exclusion chromatography with online electrospray ionization mass spectrometric detection in the negative ion mode. The method presented herein enabled simultaneous determination of sulfate position and uronic acid epimerization in juvenile bovine and adult human cartilage samples. The method was applied to a series of 13 adult human cartilage explants. Standard deviation of the mean for the measurements was 1.6 on average. Coefficients of variation were approximately 4% for all compositions of 40% or greater. These results show that the new method has sufficient accuracy to allow determination of topographical distribution of glycoforms in connective tissue.
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- Alicia M. Hitchcock
- Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, 670 Albany St., Boston, Massachusetts 02118
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston Massachusetts 02115
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston Massachusetts 02115
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- Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, 670 Albany St., Boston, Massachusetts 02118
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- Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, 670 Albany St., Boston, Massachusetts 02118
- To whom correspondence should be addressed: Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, MS Resource, 670 Albany St., Boston, MA 02118. Telephone: (617)-638-6762. Fax: (617)-638-6760.
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Hitchcock AM, Costello CE, Zaia J. Glycoform quantification of chondroitin/dermatan sulfate using a liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry platform. Biochemistry 2006; 45:2350-61. [PMID: 16475824 PMCID: PMC2597419 DOI: 10.1021/bi052100t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Chondroitin sulfate (CS) is a glycosaminoglycan consisting of repeating uronic acid, N-acetylgalactosamine disaccharide units {[HexAbeta/alpha(1-3)GalNAcbeta(1-4)](n)()}. CS chains are polydisperse with respect to chain length, sulfate content, and glucuronic acid epimerization content, resulting in a distribution of glycoforms for a chain bound to any given serine residue. Usually, CS glycoforms exist, differing in sulfation position and uronic acid epimerization. This work introduces a novel LC-MS/MS platform for the quantification of mixtures of CS oligosaccharides. The CS polysaccharides were partially depolymerized and labeled with either the light (d(0)) or heavy (d(4)) form of 2-anthranilic acid (2-AA). Excess reagent was removed, and mixtures of the CS standard (d(0)) and unknown (d(4)) were made. The CS mixture was subjected to size exclusion chromatography (SEC) with on-line electrospray ionization mass spectrometric detection in the negative ion mode. Tandem mass spectra were acquired, and quantification of unknown samples within the mixture was made using relative ion abundances of specific diagnostic ions. The high accuracy and precision of the glycomics platform were demonstrated using glycoform mixtures made from standard CS preparations. The CS glycoform analysis method was then applied to cartilage extract, versican, and several dermatan sulfate preparations. This work presents the first application of a glycomics platform for the quantification of CS oligosaccharide mixtures for obtaining specific information about the positions of GalNAc sulfation and uronic acid epimerization.
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- *To whom correspondence should be addressed: Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, MS Resource, 670 Albany St., Boston, MA 02118. Telephone: (617)-638-6762. Fax: (617)-638-6760.
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Zhang Z, Yu G, Zhao X, Liu H, Guan H, Lawson AM, Chai W. Sequence analysis of alginate-derived oligosaccharides by negative-ion electrospray tandem mass spectrometry. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2006; 17:621-630. [PMID: 16503152 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2006.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2005] [Revised: 01/06/2006] [Accepted: 01/06/2006] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Negative-ion electrospray tandem mass spectrometry (ES-MS/MS) with collision-induced dissociation (CID) is attempted for sequence determination of alginate oligosaccharides, derived from polyanionic alginic acid, polymannuronate, and polyguluronate by partial depolymerization using either alginate lyase or mild acid hydrolysis. Sixteen homo- and hetero-oligomeric fragments were obtained after fractionation by gel-filtration and strong anion exchange high performance liquid chromatography. The product-ion spectra of these alginate oligosaccharides were dominated by intense B-, C-, Y-, and Z-type ions together with (0,2)A- and (2,5)A-ions of lower intensities. Internal mannuronate residues (M) produce weak but specific decarboxylated Z(int)-ions (Z(int) - 44 Da; int: denotes internal), which can be used for distinction of M and a guluronate residue (G) at an internal position. A reducing terminal M or G, although neither gives rise to a specific ion, can be identified by differences in the intensity ratio of fragment ions of the reducing terminal residue [(2,5)A(red)]/[(0,4)A(red)] (red: denotes reducing terminal).
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- Zhenqing Zhang
- Institute of Marine Drug and Food, Ocean University of China, 26603, Shandory, China
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- Institute of Marine Drug and Food, Ocean University of China, 26603, Shandory, China.
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- Institute of Marine Drug and Food, Ocean University of China, 26603, Shandory, China
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- Institute of Marine Drug and Food, Ocean University of China, 26603, Shandory, China
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- Institute of Marine Drug and Food, Ocean University of China, 26603, Shandory, China
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- MRC Glycosciences Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, Northwick Park and St. Mark's Campus, HA1 3UJ, Harrow, Middlesex, UK
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- MRC Glycosciences Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, Northwick Park and St. Mark's Campus, HA1 3UJ, Harrow, Middlesex, UK.
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Henriksen J, Roepstorff P, Ringborg LH. Ion-pairing reversed-phased chromatography/mass spectrometry of heparin. Carbohydr Res 2006; 341:382-7. [PMID: 16360128 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2005.11.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2005] [Accepted: 11/28/2005] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Heparin and heparin-derived components are widely applied anticoagulant drugs used for amongst other applications medical treatment of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. Depolymerisation of native heparin results in complex mixtures of sulfated linear oligosaccharides that are usually not well characterised. In order to further characterise such mixtures, two on-line ion-pairing reverse-phased chromatography electrospray ionisation (ESI) mass spectrometry methods have been developed. One of the systems allows the determination of more than 200 components in a medium molecular weight heparin preparation, whereas the other system can be used to separate isomeric heparin oligosaccharides after previous separation according to size. This latter system allows semi-preparative isolation of isomeric heparin oligosaccharides. The experimental setup includes on-line cation exchange in order to prevent the ion-pairing reagent from entering the mass spectrometer.
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- Jens Henriksen
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, 55 Campusvej, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark.
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Aguilan JT, Dayrit FM, Zhang J, Niñonuevo MR, Lebrilla CB. Structural analysis of kappa-carrageenan [corrected] sulfated oligosaccharides by positive mode nano-ESI-FTICR-MS and MS/MS by SORI-CID. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2006; 17:96-103. [PMID: 16352442 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2005.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2005] [Revised: 09/26/2005] [Accepted: 09/26/2005] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Structural analysis of sulfated oligosaccharides from kappa-carrageenan of up to ten residues (MW >2 kDa) was successfully carried out by positive mode nano-ESI-FTICR-MS together with MS/MS using sustained off-resonance irradiation-collision induced dissociation (SORI-CID). Glycosidic bond cleavage reactions via the B- and Y-types of fragmentation were observed and enabled complete sequencing of the oligosaccharide samples. The positions of the labile sulfate substituents were observable using SORI-CID, enabling the determination of the sequence of the sulfated residues.
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- Jennifer T Aguilan
- Department of Chemistry, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines
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Liang A, Chao Y, Liu X, Du Y, Wang K, Qian S, Lin B. Separation, identification, and interaction of heparin oligosaccharides with granulocyte-colony stimulating factor using capillary electrophoresis and mass spectrometry. Electrophoresis 2005; 26:3460-7. [PMID: 16100743 DOI: 10.1002/elps.200500115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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A capillary electrophoresis (CE) method was developed for the separation of heparin oligosaccharides compatible to study the interactions between the oligosaccharides and granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF). Unfractionated heparin was eliminitively degraded to heparin oligosaccharides by an endolytic heparinase. The degraded smaller oligosaccharides (M(r) < 1000) were baseline-separated by CE under a 50 mM phosphate buffer (pH 9.0) in 10 min. Standard heparin disaccharides and larger oligosaccharides (1000 < M(r) < 8000) were all separated under optimized separation conditions. Compared with standard heparin disaccharides, smaller oligosaccharides contained one nonsulfated, two monosulfated, and two disulfated disaccharides, but trisulfated disaccharides were not found. The smaller oligosaccharides were also identified and molecular mass was deduced by electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (ESI-MS). Furthermore, interactions between G-CSF and the oligosaccharides were studied by using capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) under the above separation conditions. It was found that larger oligosaccharides could interact with G-CSF while smaller oligosaccharides were not observed to bind to G-CSF under the experimental conditions. In conclusion, the purified heparinase could selectively degrade heparin into oligosaccharides and the interaction between G-CSF and heparin was correlated with the chain length of heparin.
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- Aiye Liang
- Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, PR China
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Vanpouille C, Denys A, Carpentier M, Pakula R, Mazurier J, Allain F. Octasaccharide is the minimal length unit required for efficient binding of cyclophilin B to heparin and cell surface heparan sulphate. Biochem J 2005; 382:733-40. [PMID: 15109301 PMCID: PMC1133832 DOI: 10.1042/bj20031453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2003] [Revised: 04/19/2004] [Accepted: 04/26/2004] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Cyclophilin B (CyPB) is a heparin-binding protein first identified as a receptor for cyclosporin A. In previous studies, we reported that CyPB triggers chemotaxis and integrin-mediated adhesion of T-lymphocytes by way of interaction with two types of binding sites. The first site corresponds to a signalling receptor; the second site has been identified as heparan sulphate (HS) and appears crucial to induce cell adhesion. Characterization of the HS-binding unit is critical to understand the requirement of HS in pro-adhesive activity of CyPB. By using a strategy based on gel mobility shift assays with fluorophore-labelled oligosaccharides, we demonstrated that the minimal heparin unit required for efficient binding of CyPB is an octasaccharide. The mutants CyPB(KKK-) [where KKK- refers to the substitutions K3A(Lys3-->Ala)/K4A/K5A] and CyPB(DeltaYFD) (where Tyr14-Phe-Asp16 has been deleted) failed to interact with octasaccharides, confirming that the Y14FD16 and K3KK5 clusters are required for CyPB binding. Molecular modelling revealed that both clusters are spatially arranged so that they may act synergistically to form a binding site for the octasaccharide. We then demonstrated that heparin-derived octasaccharides and higher degree of polymerization oligosaccharides inhibited the interaction between CyPB and fluorophore-labelled HS chains purified from T-lymphocytes, and strongly reduced the HS-dependent pro-adhesive activity of CyPB. However, oligosaccharides or heparin were unable to restore adhesion of heparinase-treated T-lymphocytes, indicating that HS has to be present on the cell membrane to support the pro-adhesive activity of CyPB. Altogether, these results demonstrate that the octasaccharide is likely to be the minimal length unit required for efficient binding of CyPB to cell surface HS and consequent HS-dependent cell responses.
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- Christophe Vanpouille
- Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, Unité Mixte de Recherche No. 8576 du CNRS, Institut de Recherche Fédératif No. 118, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France
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- Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, Unité Mixte de Recherche No. 8576 du CNRS, Institut de Recherche Fédératif No. 118, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France
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- Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, Unité Mixte de Recherche No. 8576 du CNRS, Institut de Recherche Fédératif No. 118, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France
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- Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, Unité Mixte de Recherche No. 8576 du CNRS, Institut de Recherche Fédératif No. 118, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France
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- Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, Unité Mixte de Recherche No. 8576 du CNRS, Institut de Recherche Fédératif No. 118, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France
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- Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, Unité Mixte de Recherche No. 8576 du CNRS, Institut de Recherche Fédératif No. 118, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France
- To whom correspondence should be addressed (email )
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Behr JR, Matsumoto Y, White FM, Sasisekharan R. Quantification of isomers from a mixture of twelve heparin and heparan sulfate disaccharides using tandem mass spectrometry. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2005; 19:2553-62. [PMID: 16124039 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.2079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Heparin/heparan sulfate-like glycosaminoglycans (HSGAGs) have been implicated in clinically relevant processes such as hemostasis, infection, development, and cancer progression, through their interactions with proteins. Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) and tandem mass spectrometry (MSn) were combined to identify and quantify 12 HSGAG disaccharides that can be generated by enzymatic depolymerization with heparin lyases. This technique includes free amine-containing disaccharides that had previously been observed in MSn but not quantified. Our methods use diagnostic product ions from MSn spectra of up to three isomeric disaccharides at once, and up to three sequential stages of MSn in tandem, for the quantitative analysis of the relative percentage of each of these isomers. The isomer quantification was validated using mock mixtures and showed acceptable accuracy and precision. These methods may be applied to the quantification of other isomers by MSn. While each of the 12 disaccharides alone had a linear response to an internal standard in the MS1 spectra, the individual response factors did not remain constant when the concentrations of the other 11 disaccharides in the mixtures fluctuated, due to competition for electrospray ionization. The absolute concentration of one fluctuating isomer was determined out of a constant mixture of the other disaccharides. The rapid, accurate, and sensitive quantification of all isomeric disaccharides may contribute to the eventual sequencing of longer saccharides by MSn, enabling the elucidation of the structure-function relationships of HSGAGs.
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- Jonathan R Behr
- Biological Engineering Division, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Naggar EF, Costello CE, Zaia J. Competing fragmentation processes in tandem mass spectra of heparin-like glycosaminoglycans. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2004; 15:1534-44. [PMID: 15519220 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2004.06.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2004] [Revised: 06/14/2004] [Accepted: 06/19/2004] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Heparin-like glycosaminoglycans (HLGAGs) are highly sulfated, linear carbohydrates attached to proteoglycan core proteins and expressed on cell surfaces and in basement membranes. These carbohydrates bind several families of growth factors and growth factor receptors and act as coreceptors for these molecules. Tandem mass spectrometry has the potential to increase our understanding of the biological significance of HLGAG expression by providing a facile means for sequencing these molecules without the need for time-consuming total purification. The challenge for tandem mass spectrometric analysis of HLGAGs is to produce abundant ions derived via glycosidic bond cleavages while minimizing the abundances of ions produced from elimination of the fragile sulfate groups. This work describes the competing fragmentation pathways that result from dissociation of high negative charge state ions generated from HLGAGs. Glycosidic bond cleavage ion formation competes with losses of equivalents of H2SO4, resulting in complex ion patterns. For the most highly sulfated structure examined, an octasulfated tetramer, an unusual loss of charge from the precursor ion was observed, accompanied by low abundance ions originating from subsequent backbone cleavages. These results demonstrate that fragmentation processes competing with glycosidic bond cleavages are more favored for highly sulfated HLGAG ions. In conclusion, reduction of charge-charge repulsions, such as is achieved by pairing the HLGAG ions with metal cations, is necessary in order to minimize the abundances of ions derived via fragmentation processes that compete with glycosidic bond cleavages.
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- Estee F Naggar
- Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118-2526, USA
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Henriksen J, Ringborg LH, Roepstorrf P. On-line size-exclusion chromatography/mass spectrometry of low molecular mass heparin. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2004; 39:1305-1312. [PMID: 15532070 DOI: 10.1002/jms.723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Heparin and low molecular mass heparin (LMMH) consists of complex mixtures of sulphated linear oligosaccharides that are difficult to analyse. An on-line size exclusion chromatographic/electrospray ionization (ESI) mass spectrometric method that allows the determination of more than 60 components in an LMMH preparation is presented. The experimental setup includes on-line cation exchange in order to prevent massive adducting in the ESI interface.
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- Jens Henriksen
- Department of Spectroscopy, LEO Pharma A/S, 2750 Ballerup, Denmark.
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Glycosylation is a common post-translational modification to cell surface and extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins as well as to lipids. As a result, cells carry a dense coat of carbohydrates on their surfaces that mediates a wide variety of cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions that are crucial to development and function. Because of the historical difficulties with the analysis of complex carbohydrate structures, a detailed understanding of their roles in biology has been slow to develop. Just as mass spectrometry has proven to be the core technology behind proteomics, it stands to play a similar role in the study of functional implications of carbohydrate expression, known as glycomics. This review summarizes the state of knowledge for the mass spectrometric analysis of oligosaccharides with regard to neutral, sialylated, and sulfated compound classes. Mass spectrometric techniques for the ionization and fragmentation of oligosaccharides are discussed so as to give the reader the background to make informed decisions to solve structure-activity relations in glycomics.
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- Joseph Zaia
- Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, 715 Albany St., R-806, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA.
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Thanawiroon C, Rice KG, Toida T, Linhardt RJ. Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry Sequencing Approach for Highly Sulfated Heparin-derived Oligosaccharides. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:2608-15. [PMID: 14610083 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m304772200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS) is applied to the analysis of complex mixtures of oligosaccharides obtained through the controlled, heparinase-catalyzed depolymerization of heparin. Reversed-phase ion-pairing chromatography, utilizing a volatile mobile phase, results in the high resolution separation of highly sulfated, heparin-derived oligosaccharides. Simultaneous detection by UV absorbance and electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) provides important structural information on the oligosaccharide components of this mixture. Highly sensitive and easily interpretable spectra were obtained through post-column addition of tributylamine in acetonitrile. High resolution mass spectrometry afforded elemental composition of many known and previously unknown heparin-derived oligosaccharides. UV in combination with MS detection led to the identification of oligosaccharides arising from the original non-reducing end (NRE) of the heparin chain. The structural identification of these oligosaccharides provided sequence from a reading frame that begins at the non-reducing terminus of the heparin chain. Interestingly, 16 NRE oligosaccharides are observed, having both an even and an odd number of saccharide residues, most of which are not predicted based on biosynthesis or known pathways of heparin catabolism. Quantification of these NRE oligosaccharides afforded a number-averaged molecular weight consistent with that expected for the pharmaceutical heparin used in this analysis. Molecular ions could be assigned for oligosaccharides as large as a tetradecasaccharide, having a mass of 4625 Da and a net charge of -32. Furthermore, MS detection was demonstrated for oligosaccharides with up to 30 saccharide units having a mass of >10000 Da and a net charge of -60.
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- Charuwan Thanawiroon
- Division of Medicinal and Natural Products Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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Chai W, Stoll MS, Galustian C, Lawson AM, Feizi T. Neoglycolipid technology: deciphering information content of glycome. Methods Enzymol 2003; 362:160-95. [PMID: 12968363 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(03)01012-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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- Wengang Chai
- MRC Glycosciences Laboratory, Imperial College London, Northwick Park Hospital Campus, Harrow, Middlesex, HA1 3UJ, United Kingdom
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Casu B, Lindahl U. Structure and biological interactions of heparin and heparan sulfate. Adv Carbohydr Chem Biochem 2002; 57:159-206. [PMID: 11836942 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2318(01)57017-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 284] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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- B Casu
- G. Ronzoni Institute for Chemical and Biochemical Research, Milan, Italy
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Chai W, Beeson JG, Lawson AM. The structural motif in chondroitin sulfate for adhesion of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes comprises disaccharide units of 4-O-sulfated and non-sulfated N-acetylgalactosamine linked to glucuronic acid. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:22438-46. [PMID: 11956186 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111401200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [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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An important characteristic of malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum-infected red blood cells (IRBCs) is their ability to adhere to host endothelial cells and accumulate in various organs. Sequestration of IRBCs in the placenta, associated with excess perinatal and maternal mortality, is mediated in part by adhesion of parasites to the glycosaminoglycan chondroitin sulfate A (CSA) present on syncytiotrophoblasts lining the placental blood spaces. To define key structural features for parasite interactions, we isolated from CSA oligosaccharide fractions and established by electrospray mass spectrometry and high performance liquid chromatography disaccharide composition analysis their differing chain length, sulfate content, and sulfation pattern. Testing these defined oligosaccharide fragments for their ability to inhibit IRBC adhesion to immobilized CSA revealed the importance of non-sulfated disaccharide units in combination with 4-O-sulfated disaccharides for interaction with IRBCs. Selective removal of 6-O-sulfates from oligo- and polysaccharides to increase the proportion of non-sulfated disaccharides enhanced activity, indicating that 6-O-sulfation interferes with the interaction of CSA with IRBCs. Dodecasaccharides with four or five 4-O-sulfated and two or one non-sulfated disaccharide units, respectively, comprise the minimum chain length for effective interaction with IRBCs. Comparison of the activities of CSA and CSB oligo- and polysaccharides with a similar sulfation pattern and content achieved from partial desulfation demonstrated that glucuronic acid rather than iduronic acid residues are important for IRBC binding.
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- Wengang Chai
- Medical Research Council Glycosciences Laboratory, Imperial College School of Medicine, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3UJ, United Kingdom.
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