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Rota P, La Rocca P, Allevi P, Pappone C, Anastasia L. Intramolecular Lactones of Sialic Acids. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:E8098. [PMID: 33143039 PMCID: PMC7663150 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21218098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2020] [Revised: 10/27/2020] [Accepted: 10/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Abstract
The so-called "sialo-chemical-biology" has become an attractive research area, as an increasing number of natural products containing a sialic acid moiety have been shown to play important roles in biological, pathological, and immunological processes. The intramolecular lactones of sialic acids are a subclass from this crucial family that could have central functions in the discrimination of physiological and pathological conditions. In this review, we report an in-depth analysis of the synthetic achievements in the preparation of the intramolecular lactones of sialic acids (1,4-, 1,7- and γ-lactones), in their free and/or protected form. In particular, recent advances in the synthesis of the 1,7-lactones have allowed the preparation of key sialic acid derivatives. These compounds could be used as authentic reference standards for their correct determination in biological samples, thus overcoming some of the limitations of the previous analytical procedures.
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Affiliation(s)
- Paola Rota
- Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, University of Milan, 20133 Milan, Italy;
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, 20133 Milan, Italy;
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- Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, University of Milan, 20133 Milan, Italy;
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- Arrhythmology Department, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, 20097 San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy;
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Vita-Salute San Raffaele, 20132 Milan, Italy
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Vita-Salute San Raffaele, 20132 Milan, Italy
- Laboratory of Stem Cells for Tissue Engineering, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, 20097 San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy
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Chen CS, Xu L, Lee WJ. Electrochemical lactonization of trisialic acid. J CHIN CHEM SOC-TAIP 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/jccs.201800080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Chien-Sheng Chen
- Department of Chemistry; Fu-Jen Catholic University; New Taipei City Taiwan Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry; Fu-Jen Catholic University; New Taipei City Taiwan Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry; Fu-Jen Catholic University; New Taipei City Taiwan Republic of China
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Yang S, Jankowska E, Kosikova M, Xie H, Cipollo J. Solid-Phase Chemical Modification for Sialic Acid Linkage Analysis: Application to Glycoproteins of Host Cells Used in Influenza Virus Propagation. Anal Chem 2017; 89:9508-9517. [PMID: 28792205 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b02514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Differentiation between the sialyl linkages is often critical to understanding biological consequence. Here we present a facile method for determining these linkages in glycans. Analysis of sialic acids is challenging due to their labile nature during sample preparation and ionization. Derivatization is often required via chemical reaction. Amidation derivatizes all sialic acids regardless of linkage, while esterification enables differentiation between α2,3-linked and α2,6-linked sialic acids. Reactions have been primarily performed on free glycans in solution but have been recently adapted to solid-phase providing unique advantages such as simplified sample preparation, improved yield, and high throughput applications. Here, we immobilized glycoproteins on resin via reductive amination, modified α2,6-linked sialic acids through ethyl esterification, and α2,3-linked sialic acids via amidation. N-glycans and O-glycans were released via enzyme and chemical reactions. The method was applied for analysis of three different MDCK cell lines used for influenza propagation and where distributions of α2,3 and α2,6 sialic acids are critical for cell performance. Linkage specific distribution of these sialic acids was quantitatively determined and unique for each cell line. Our study demonstrates that protein sialylation can be reliably and quantitatively characterized in terms of sialic acid linkage of each glycan using the solid-phase esterification/amidation strategy.
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- Shuang Yang
- Laboratory of Bacterial Polysaccharides, Division of Bacterial, Parasitic and Allergenic Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration , Silver Spring, Maryland 20993, United States
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- Laboratory of Bacterial Polysaccharides, Division of Bacterial, Parasitic and Allergenic Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration , Silver Spring, Maryland 20993, United States
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- Division of Viral Products, Office of Vaccines Research and Review, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration , Silver Spring, Maryland 20993, United States
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- Division of Viral Products, Office of Vaccines Research and Review, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration , Silver Spring, Maryland 20993, United States
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- Laboratory of Bacterial Polysaccharides, Division of Bacterial, Parasitic and Allergenic Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration , Silver Spring, Maryland 20993, United States
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Chen CS, Yu YP, Hsu CH, Zou W, Fang JM, Wu SH. Evaluation of the regioselective delactonization of tri-sialic acid lactone by in-solution molecular dynamics simulation. Carbohydr Res 2012; 354:87-93. [PMID: 22572126 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2012.02.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2012] [Revised: 02/18/2012] [Accepted: 02/22/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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An approximate model for the delactonization of tri-sialic acid lactone is presented with two water-layers that led to neutral hydrolysis of δ-lactone. The hydrolytic reactivity was studied with a 10-ns in-solution molecular dynamics simulation. The initial step of this hydrolysis involves a reactant water nucleophile complex via a proton transfer with another water molecule. Therefore, the probability of water molecules localized at the hydrolytic center correlates to the hydrolysis of δ-lactone. The stepwise delactonization of α2,8-(NeuAc)(3) lactone results/resulted from water concentration discrepancy near the carbonyl carbon of lactones in two water oxygen···carbonyl carbon shells, and the distances of OC···O(water) layers were 2.8 Å and 5.1 Å. Based on in-solution molecular dynamics study, the motion of water molecules over the re-face of the carbonyl groups was used for the quantitative description of the residence probability, p, whose value is 0.11 for lactone I and 0.33 for lactone II. The geometric criteria used to determine the residence statistics are (1) the distance of water-oxygen···carbonyl carbon in less than 5.1 Å and (2) the cone angle, θ, of carbonyl OC···O(water) in the range of 85-115°. As expected, a higher residence probability at lactone II led to its faster hydrolysis. Both the radial g(r) and angular p(θ) pair distribution functions of water oxygen and carbonyl groups of lactones ensure a better surrounding hydration encounter for lactone II. In contrast, water molecules around lactone I are deduced due to a steric hindrance by the turn structure of α2,8-(NeuAc)(3) lactone.
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- Chien-Sheng Chen
- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan.
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Su Y, Kasper C, Kirschning A, Dräger G, Berski S. Synthesis of New Polysialic Acid Derivatives. Macromol Biosci 2010; 10:1028-33. [DOI: 10.1002/mabi.201000094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Sixta G, Wimmer K, Hofinger A, Brade H, Kosma P. Synthesis and antigenic properties of C-7-modified Kdo mono- and disaccharide ligands and Kdo disaccharide interresidue lactones. Carbohydr Res 2009; 344:1660-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2009.06.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2009] [Accepted: 06/12/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Chen CS, Yu YP, Lin BC, Gervay-Hague J, Fang JM, Hsu CP, Wu SH. The Observation of the C-H···Osp3Hydrogen Bond in Trisialic Acid Lactone and Its Implications for Cooperative Lactonization. European J Org Chem 2009. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200900148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Chen CS, Yu YP, Hsu CH, Wu YT, Zou W, Fang JM, Wu SH. Conformation of Trisialic Acid Lactone: NMR Spectroscopic Analysis and Molecular Dynamics Simulation. European J Org Chem 2007. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200700116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Yu YP, Cheng MC, Wu SH. High-performance CE: an effective method to study lactonization of alpha2,8-linked oligosialic acid. Electrophoresis 2006; 27:4487-99. [PMID: 17054086 DOI: 10.1002/elps.200600080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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A sensitive and efficient method using high-performance CE (HPCE) and neuraminidase hydrolysis was developed to study the lactonization and hydrolysis of alpha2,8-pentasialic acid. Eleven lactone species of pentasialic acid formed in glacial acetic acid were detected and classified into three groups based on the number of carboxylic acids: monolactones with four carboxylic acids, dilactones with three carboxylic acids, and trilactones with two carboxylic acids. These lactones eluted between the original pentamer (with five carboxylic acids) and the fully lactonized species (with one carboxylic acid) in HPCE. Eight of the isomers were identified by hydrolysis with neuraminodase. Results obtained from previous reports and from this study together reveal a general rule for predicting the subtle difference in the acidity of each carboxylic acid in oligosialic acids: the closer the carboxylic acid is to the nonreducing end, the more acidic it is. Therefore, the elution order of lactone isomers having the same number of carboxylic groups can be predicted from the position of the free carboxylic groups in pentasialic acid. We used this principle and the results of hydrolysis with neuraminidase to identify hexamer lactone isomers separated by HPCE.
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- Yi-Ping Yu
- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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Pan GG, Melton LD. Lactones of disialyl lactose: characterisation by NMR and mass spectra. Carbohydr Res 2006; 341:730-7. [PMID: 16458866 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2006.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2005] [Revised: 12/07/2005] [Accepted: 01/15/2006] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The lactonisation of alpha-Neup5Ac-(2-->8)-alpha-Neup5Ac-(2-->3)-beta-D-Galp-(1-->4)-D-Glc (disialyl lactose) was investigated. (1)H and (13)C NMR chemical shifts of disialyl lactose and alpha-Neup5Ac-(2-->8, 1-->9)-alpha-Neup5Ac-(2-->3, 1-->2)-beta-D-Galp-(1-->4)-D-Glc (disialyl lactose-dilactone) were assigned based on 1D and 2D NMR results, including edited HSQC, HSQC-TOSCY and HMBC. The time course of lactonisation was followed by thin layer chromatography (TLC) and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with electrospray ionisation (ESI) mass spectrometry (MS) detection. The rate of lactonisation between alpha-(8)Neu5Ac and alpha-(3)Neu5Ac residues (lactonisation at the alpha-(2-->8) linkage) was faster than that of lactonisation between alpha-(3)Neu5Ac and Gal residues (lactonisation at the alpha-(2-->3) linkage). The mass spectra of disialyl lactose, its lactones, alpha-Neup5Ac-(2-->8)-alpha-Neup5Ac (alpha-(2-->8) disialic acid) and alpha-Neup5Ac-(2-->3)-beta-D-Galp-(1-->4)-D-Glc-lactone (3'-sialyllactose-lactone) showed that the alpha-(2-->8) linkage between Neu5Ac residues is difficult to cleave in the ESI-MS, compared with the alpha-(2-->3) linkage between Neu5Ac and Gal residues.
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- Geoffrey Ge Pan
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand
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Wu AT, Yu YP, Ren CT, Zou W, Wu SH. 9-O-Sulfation on α-NeuAc-(2→8)-NeuAc and inter-residue lactonization. Carbohydr Res 2005; 340:1219-23. [PMID: 15797139 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2005.01.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2004] [Accepted: 01/28/2005] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Treatment of alpha-NeuAc-(2-->8)-NeuAc (1) with SO3-pyridine (4 equiv) in DMF resulted in selective 9-O-sulfation on the nonreducing end residue and the formation of an inter-residual delta-lactone. The lactonization could result from the C-2 carboxylic acid of the nonreducing residue condensing with the hydroxyl group or/and sulfated group at C-9 of the reducing residue to form a six-membered ring between two adjacent sialic acid residues. When alpha-NeuAc-(2-->9)-NeuAc (5) was used as a sulfation substrate, only 9-O-sulfation on the nonreducing end residue was observed. According to capillary electrophoresis (CE) analysis, 9-O-sulfation on the disialic acid is a fast reaction, while sulfation on other hydroxyl groups is insignificant under the conditions used.
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- An-Tai Wu
- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan
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