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Bayoumi SAL, Rowan MG, Beeching JR, Blagbrough IS. Constituents and secondary metabolite natural products in fresh and deteriorated cassava roots. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2010; 71:598-604. [PMID: 20137795 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2009.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2009] [Revised: 10/13/2009] [Accepted: 10/14/2009] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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A phytochemical analysis of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) fresh roots and roots suffering from post-harvest physiological deterioration (PPD) has been carried out. The first isolation and identification of galactosyl diacylglycerides from fresh cassava roots is reported, as well as beta-carotene, linamarin, and beta-sitosterol glucopyranoside. The hydroxycoumarin scopoletin and its glucoside scopolin were identified from cassava roots during PPD, as well as trace quantities of esculetin and its glucoside esculin. There is no isoscopoletin in cassava roots during PPD.
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- Soad A L Bayoumi
- Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Bath, Bath, UK
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Fortelius M, Mattjus P. Galactose oxidase action on galactose containing glycolipids--a fluorescence method. Chem Phys Lipids 2006; 142:103-10. [PMID: 16647698 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2006.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2006] [Revised: 03/15/2006] [Accepted: 03/15/2006] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Features that alter the glycolipid sugar headgroup accessibility at the membrane interface have been studied in bilayer lipid model vesicles using a fluorescence technique with the enzyme galactose oxidase. The effects on oxidation caused by variation in the hydrophobic moiety of galactosylceramide or the membrane environment for galactosylceramide, monogalactosyldiacylglycerol and digalactosyldiacylglycerol were studied. For this study we combined the galactose oxidase method for determining the oxidizability of galactose containing glycolipids, and the fluorescence method for determining enzymatic hydrogen peroxide production. Exposed galactose residues with a free hydroxymethyl group at position 6 in the headgroup of glycolipids were oxidized with galactose oxidase and subsequently the resultant hydrogen peroxide was determined by a combination of horseradish peroxidase and 10-acetyl-3,7-dihydroxyphenoxazine (Amplex Red). Amplex Red reacts with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of horseradish peroxidase with a 1:1 stoichiometry to form resorufin. With this coupled enzyme approach it is also possible to determine the galactolipid transbilayer membrane distribution (inside-outside) in bilayer vesicles.
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- Michaela Fortelius
- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacy, Abo Akademi University, Artillerigatan 6A, FI-20520 Abo/Turku, Finland
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Chark D, Nutikka A, Trusevych N, Kuzmina J, Lingwood C. Differential carbohydrate epitope recognition of globotriaosyl ceramide by verotoxins and a monoclonal antibody. Role in human renal glomerular binding. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 271:405-17. [PMID: 14717708 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03941.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The role of renal expression of the glycosphingolipid verotoxin receptor, globotriaosylceramide, in susceptibility to verotoxin-induced hemolytic uremic syndrome is unclear. We show that a single glycosphingolipid can discriminate multiple specific ligands. Antibody detection of globotriaosylceramide in renal sections does not necessarily predict verotoxin binding. The deoxyglobotriaosylceramide binding profile for verotoxin 1, verotoxin 2 and monoclonal anti-globotriaosylceramide are distinct. Anti-globotriaosylceramide had greater dependency on the intact alpha-galactose and reducing glucose of globotriaosylceramide than verotoxin 1, while verotoxin 2 was intermediate. These ligands differentially stained human kidney sections. Glomerulopathy is the primary verotoxin-associated pathology in hemolytic uremic syndrome. For most samples, verotoxin 1 immunostaining within adult glomeruli was observed (type A). Some samples, however, lacked glomerular binding (type B). Anti-globotriaosylceramide (and less effectively, verotoxin 2) stained all glomeruli. Verotoxin 1/anti-globotriaosylceramide tubular staining was comparable. Type B glomerular/tubular globotriaosylceramide showed minor, but significant, fatty acid compositional differences. Verotoxin 1 type B glomerular binding became evident following pretreatment with cold acetone, or methyl-beta-cyclodextrin, used to deplete cholesterol. Direct visualization, using fluorescein isothiocyanate-verotoxin 1B, showed paediatric, but no adult glomerular staining; this was confirmed by anti-fluorescein isothiocyanate immunostaining. Acetone induced fluorescein isothiocyanate-verotoxin 1B glomerular staining in type A, but poorly in type B samples. Comparison of fluorescein isothiocyanate-verotoxin 1B and native verotoxin 1B deoxyglobotriaosylceramide analogue binding showed an alteration in subspecificity. These studies indicate a marked heterogeneity of globotriaosylceramide expression within renal glomeruli and differential binding of verotoxin 1/verotoxin 2/anti-globotriaosylceramide to the same glycosphingolipid. Verotoxin 1 derivatization can induce subtle changes in globotriaosylceramide binding to significantly affect tissue binding. Heterogeneity in glomerular globotriaosylceramide expression may play a significant (cholesterol-dependent?) role in determining renal pathology following verotoxemia.
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- Davin Chark
- Research Institute, Division of Infection, Immunity, Injury and Repair, The Hospital for Sick Children, Ontario, Canada
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Iida-Tanaka N, Hikita T, Hakomori SI, Ishizuka I. Conformational studies of a novel cationic glycolipid, glyceroplasmalopsychosine, from bovine brain by NMR spectroscopy. Carbohydr Res 2002; 337:1775-9. [PMID: 12423957 DOI: 10.1016/s0008-6215(02)00290-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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A novel glycosphingolipid containing a long chain aldehyde conjugated to galactose and glycerol, Gro1(3)-O-CH((CH(2))(n)CH(3))-O-6Galbeta-sphingosine (glyceroplasmalopsychosine) has been studied by NMR spectroscopy (Hikita et al. J. Biol. Chem. 2001, 276, 23084-23091). We further report here on the conformation showing the galactose and the glycerol at the end of two parallel hydrophobic chains, i.e. the sphingosine and the fatty aldehyde. This is proposed based on the interproton distances derived from ROESY experiments and 3 J (H,H) coupling constants. The absence of any intraresidual NOEs between protons in the glycerol residue suggested that the C-C-2 and C-C-3 bonds in the glycerol may be rotating freely, supporting the proposed conformation in which the unique terminal glycerol is in an environment with a minimal steric hindrance. The present study proposes a conformation of glyceroplasmalopsychosine greatly different from the two conventional plasmalopsychosines possessing a fatty aldehyde chain oriented in an opposite direction to the sphingosine.
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- Naoko Iida-Tanaka
- Department of Biochemistry, Teikyo University School of Medicine, 2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-8605 Japan
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Mattjus P, Malewicz B, Valiyaveettil JT, Baumann WJ, Bittman R, Brown RE. Sphingomyelin modulates the transbilayer distribution of galactosylceramide in phospholipid membranes. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:19476-81. [PMID: 11909867 PMCID: PMC2612996 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m201305200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The interrelationships among sphingolipid structure, membrane curvature, and glycosphingolipid transmembrane distribution remain poorly defined despite the emerging importance of sphingolipids in curved regions and vesicle buds of biomembranes. Here, we describe a novel approach to investigate the transmembrane distribution of galactosylceramide in phospholipid small unilamellar vesicles by (13)C NMR spectroscopy. Quantitation of the transbilayer distribution of [6-(13)C]galactosylceramide (99.8% isotopic enrichment) was achieved by exposure of vesicles to the paramagnetic ion, Mn(2+). The data show that [6-(13)C]galactosylceramide prefers (70%) the inner leaflet of phosphatidylcholine vesicles. Increasing the sphingomyelin content of the 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-phosphatidylcholine vesicles shifted galactosylceramide from the inner to the outer leaflet. The amount of galactosylceramide localized in the inner leaflet decreased from 70% in pure 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-phosphatidylcholine vesicles to only 40% in 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-phosphatidylcholine/sphingomyelin (1:2) vesicles. The present study demonstrates that sphingomyelin can dramatically alter the transbilayer distribution of a monohexosylceramide, such as galactosylceramide, in 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-phosphatidylcholine/sphingomyelin vesicles. The results suggest that sphingolipid-sphingolipid interactions that occur even in the absence of cholesterol play a role in controlling the transmembrane distributions of cerebrosides.
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- Peter Mattjus
- University of Minnesota, Hormel Institute, Austin, Minnesota 55912
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- University of Minnesota, Hormel Institute, Austin, Minnesota 55912
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Queens College of the City University of New York, Flushing, New York 11367–1597
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Queens College of the City University of New York, Flushing, New York 11367–1597
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- University of Minnesota, Hormel Institute, Austin, Minnesota 55912
- To whom correspondence should be addressed: The Hormel Inst., University of Minnesota, 801, 16th Ave. NE, Austin, MN 55912. Tel.: 507-433-8804; Fax: 507-437-9606; E-mail: or
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Mattjus P, Kline A, Pike HM, Molotkovsky JG, Brown RE. Probing for preferential interactions among sphingolipids in bilayer vesicles using the glycolipid transfer protein. Biochemistry 2002; 41:266-73. [PMID: 11772025 PMCID: PMC2651571 DOI: 10.1021/bi015718l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We have investigated the intervesicular transfer of galactosylceramide between unilamellar bilayer vesicles composed of differing sphingomyelin and phosphatidylcholine molar ratios. To monitor glycolipid transfer from donor to acceptor vesicles, we used a fluorescence resonance energy transfer assay involving anthrylvinyl-labeled galactosylceramide (AV-GalCer) and perylenoyl-labeled triglyceride. The transfer was mediated by glycolipid transfer protein (GLTP), purified from bovine brain and specific for glycolipids. The initial transfer rate and the total accessible pool of glycolipid in the donor vesicles were both measured. An increase in the sphingomyelin content of 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl phosphatidylcholine (POPC) vesicles decreased the transfer rate in a nonlinear fashion. Decreased transfer rates were clearly evident at sphingomyelin mole fractions of 0.22 or higher. The pool of AV-GalCer available for GLTP-mediated transfer also was smaller in vesicles containing high sphingomyelin content. In contrast, AV-GalCer was more readily transferred from vesicles composed of POPC and different disaturated phosphatidylcholines. Our results show that GLTP acts as a sensitive probe for detecting interactions of glycosphingolipids with neighboring lipids and that the lateral mixing of glycolipids is probably affected by the matrix lipid composition. The compositionally driven changes in lipid interactions, sensed by GLTP, occur in membranes that are either macroscopically fluid-phase or gel/fluid-phase mixtures. Gaining insights into how changes in membrane sphingolipid composition alter accessibility to soluble proteins with affinity for membrane glycolipids is likely to help increase our understanding of how sphingolipid-enriched microdomains (i.e., "rafts" and caveolae) are formed and maintained in cells.
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- Peter Mattjus
- The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, Minnesota 55912
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- The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, Minnesota 55912
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- The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, Minnesota 55912
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- The Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute for Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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Krishna NR, Agrawal PK. Molecular structure of the carbohydrate-protein linkage region fragments from connective-tissue proteoglycans. Adv Carbohydr Chem Biochem 2001; 56:201-34. [PMID: 11039112 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2318(01)56005-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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- N R Krishna
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35294-2041, USA
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Metzler DE, Metzler CM, Sauke DJ. Lipids, Membranes, and Cell Coats. Biochemistry 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-012492543-4/50011-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Iida-Tanaka N, Fukase K, Utsumi H, Ishizuka I. Conformational studies on a unique bis-sulfated glycolipid using NMR spectroscopy and molecular dynamics simulations. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2000; 267:6790-7. [PMID: 11082189 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2000.01773.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The time-averaged solution conformation of a unique bis-sulfated glycolipid (HSO3)2-2,6Manalpha-2Glcalpha-1-sn-2,3-O-alkylglycerol , was studied in terms of the torsional angles of two glycosidic linkages, phi (H1-C1-O-Cx) and psi (C1-O-Cx-Hx), derived from heteronuclear three-bond coupling constants (3JC,H), and inter-residual proton-proton distances from J-HMBC 2D and ROESY experiments, respectively. The dihedral angles of Glcalpha1Gro in glycolipids were determined for the first time. The C1-C4 diagonal line of the alpha-glucose ring makes an angle of approximately 120 degrees with the glycerol backbone, suggesting that the alpha-glucose ring is almost parallel to the membrane surface in contrast with the perpendicular orientation of the beta-isomer. Furthermore, minimum-energy states around the conformation were estimated by Monte Carlo/stochastic dynamics (MCSD) mixed-mode simulations and the energy minimization with assisted model building and energy refinement (AMBER) force field. The Glcalpha1Gro linkage has a single minimum-energy structure. On the other hand, three conformers were observed for the Manalpha2Glc linkage. The flexibility of Manalpha2Glc was further confirmed by the absence of inter-residual hydrogen bonds which were judged from the temperature coefficients of the chemical shifts, ddelta/dT (-10-3 p.p.m. degrees C-1), of hydroxy protons. The conformational flexibility may facilitate interaction of extracellular substances with both sulfate groups.
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- N Iida-Tanaka
- Department of Biochemistry, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Kulkarni VS, Brown RE. Thermotropic behavior of galactosylceramides with cis-monoenoic fatty acyl chains. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1998; 1372:347-58. [PMID: 9675335 PMCID: PMC4003906 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2736(98)00076-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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To define the thermotropic behavior of galactosylceramides (GalCer) containing cis monounsaturated acyl chains, N-X:1Delta(X-9) cis galactosylsphingosines (GalSph) were synthesized (where X=24, 22, 20, or 18) and investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). After hydration of dried glycolipid, aqueous dispersions were prepared by repetitive heating and freeze-thaw cycles. The DSC data clearly showed that introducing a single cis double bond into the acyl chain of GalCer lowers the transition temperature of the main endothermic peak and affects the kinetics of formation of various metastable and stable gel phases. More importantly, the data emphasize the role that double bond location in concert with acyl chain length play in modulating the thermotropic behavior of GalCers. In contrast to the 18:1 GalCer and 20:1 GalCer endotherms which remain unchanged after identical repetitive heating scans and low temperature incubations, the thermotropic responses of 22:1 GalCer and 24:1 GalCer depended directly upon incubation time at lower temperatures following a heating scan. Only after extended incubation (4-5 days) did the endotherms revert to behavior observed during the initial heating scan that followed sample preparation by cyclic heating and freeze-thaw methods. The extended incubation times required for 22:1 GalCer and 24:1 GalCer to assume their more stable packing motifs appear to be consistent with nucleation events that promote transbilayer interdigitation. Yet, due to the slow kinetics of the process, the presence of cis monounsaturation in very long acyl chains that are common to GalCer may effectively inhibit transbilayer lipid interdigitation under physiological conditions.
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- The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, 801 16th Avenue NE, Austin, MN 55912, USA
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Bruzik KS, Harwood JS. Conformational Study of Phospholipids in Crystalline State and Hydrated Bilayers by 13C and 31P CP-MAS NMR. J Am Chem Soc 1997. [DOI: 10.1021/ja970720e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Karol S. Bruzik
- Contribution from the Departments of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy and Chemistry, The University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois 60612
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- Contribution from the Departments of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy and Chemistry, The University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois 60612
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