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Yao Y, Tang H, Ma H, Liu Z, Huang J, Yang X, Zhao L, Yuan Q. Chondroitin Sulfate/Dermatan Sulfate Hybrid Chains from Swim Bladder: Isolation, Structural Analysis, and Anticoagulant Activity. Mar Drugs 2023; 22:9. [PMID: 38276647 PMCID: PMC10817686 DOI: 10.3390/md22010009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2023] [Revised: 12/19/2023] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/27/2024] Open
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Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) with unique structures from marine animals show intriguing pharmacological activities and negligible biological risks, providing more options for us to explore safer agents. The swim bladder is a tonic food and folk medicine, and its GAGs show good anticoagulant activity. In this study, two GAGs, CMG-1.0 and GMG-1.0, were extracted and isolated from the swim bladder of Cynoscion microlepidotus and Gadus morhua. The physicochemical properties, precise structural characteristics, and anticoagulant activities of these GAGs were determined for the first time. The analysis results of the CMG-1.0 and GMG-1.0 showed that they were chondroitin sulfate (CS)/dermatan sulfate (DS) hybrid chains with molecular weights of 109.3 kDa and 123.1 kDa, respectively. They were mainly composed of the repeating disaccharide unit of -{IdoA-α1,3-GalNAc4S-β1,4-}- (DS-A). The DS-B disaccharide unit of -{IdoA2S-α1,3-GalNAc4S-β1,4-}- also existed in both CMG-1.0 and GMG-1.0. CMG-1.0 had a higher proportion of CS-O disaccharide unit -{-GlcA-β1,3-GalNAc-β1,4-}- but a lower proportion of CS-E disaccharide unit -{-GlcA-β1,3-GalNAc4S6S-β1,4-}- than GMG-1.0. The disaccharide compositions of the GAGs varied in a species-specific manner. Anticoagulant activity assay revealed that both CMG-1.0 and GMG-1.0 had potent anticoagulant activity, which can significantly prolong activated partial thromboplastin time. GMG-1.0 also can prolong the thrombin time. CMG-1.0 showed no intrinsic tenase inhibition activity, while GMG-1.0 can obviously inhibit intrinsic tenase with EC50 of 58 nM. Their significantly different anticoagulant activities may be due to their different disaccharide structural units and proportions. These findings suggested that swim bladder by-products of fish processing of these two marine organisms may be used as a source of anticoagulants.
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- Yue Yao
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Institute of Marine Drugs, Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning 530200, China; (Y.Y.); (H.T.); (H.M.); (Z.L.); (J.H.)
- School of Pharmacy, Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning 530200, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Institute of Marine Drugs, Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning 530200, China; (Y.Y.); (H.T.); (H.M.); (Z.L.); (J.H.)
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Institute of Marine Drugs, Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning 530200, China; (Y.Y.); (H.T.); (H.M.); (Z.L.); (J.H.)
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Institute of Marine Drugs, Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning 530200, China; (Y.Y.); (H.T.); (H.M.); (Z.L.); (J.H.)
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Institute of Marine Drugs, Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning 530200, China; (Y.Y.); (H.T.); (H.M.); (Z.L.); (J.H.)
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- School of Pharmacy, Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning 530200, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Institute of Marine Drugs, Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning 530200, China; (Y.Y.); (H.T.); (H.M.); (Z.L.); (J.H.)
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Institute of Marine Drugs, Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning 530200, China; (Y.Y.); (H.T.); (H.M.); (Z.L.); (J.H.)
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Mizumoto S, Yamada S. Histories of Dermatan Sulfate Epimerase and Dermatan 4- O-Sulfotransferase from Discovery of Their Enzymes and Genes to Musculocontractural Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. Genes (Basel) 2023; 14:509. [PMID: 36833436 PMCID: PMC9957132 DOI: 10.3390/genes14020509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2023] [Revised: 02/11/2023] [Accepted: 02/13/2023] [Indexed: 02/19/2023] Open
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Dermatan sulfate (DS) and its proteoglycans are essential for the assembly of the extracellular matrix and cell signaling. Various transporters and biosynthetic enzymes for nucleotide sugars, glycosyltransferases, epimerase, and sulfotransferases, are involved in the biosynthesis of DS. Among these enzymes, dermatan sulfate epimerase (DSE) and dermatan 4-O-sulfotranserase (D4ST) are rate-limiting factors of DS biosynthesis. Pathogenic variants in human genes encoding DSE and D4ST cause the musculocontractural type of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, characterized by tissue fragility, joint hypermobility, and skin hyperextensibility. DS-deficient mice exhibit perinatal lethality, myopathy-related phenotypes, thoracic kyphosis, vascular abnormalities, and skin fragility. These findings indicate that DS is essential for tissue development as well as homeostasis. This review focuses on the histories of DSE as well as D4ST, and their knockout mice as well as human congenital disorders.
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- Shuji Mizumoto
- Department of Pathobiochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Meijo University, 150 Yagotoyama, Tempaku-ku, Nagoya 468-8503, Japan
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Hirose T, Mizumoto S, Hashimoto A, Takahashi Y, Yoshizawa T, Nitahara-Kasahara Y, Takahashi N, Nakayama J, Takehana K, Okada T, Nomura Y, Yamada S, Kosho T, Watanabe T. Systematic investigation of the skin in Chst14-/- mice: A model for skin fragility in musculocontractural Ehlers-Danlos syndrome caused by CHST14 variants (mcEDS-CHST14). Glycobiology 2020; 31:137-150. [PMID: 32601684 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwaa058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2020] [Revised: 06/02/2020] [Accepted: 06/13/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Loss-of-function variants in CHST14 cause a dermatan 4-O-sulfotransferase deficiency named musculocontractural Ehlers-Danlos syndrome-CHST14 (mcEDS-CHST14), resulting in complete depletion of the dermatan sulfate moiety of decorin glycosaminoglycan (GAG) chains, which is replaced by chondroitin sulfate. Recently, we uncovered structural alteration of GAG chains in the skin of patients with mcEDS-CHST14. Here, we conducted the first systematic investigation of Chst14 gene-deleted homozygote (Chst14-/-) mice. We used skin samples of wild-type (Chst14+/+) and Chst14-/- mice. Mechanical fragility of the skin was measured with a tensile test. Pathology was observed using light microscopy, decorin immunohistochemistry and electron microscopy (EM) including cupromeronic blue (CB) staining. Quantification of chondroitin sulfate and dermatan sulfate was performed using enzymatic digestion followed by anion-exchange HPLC. In Chst14-/- mice, skin tensile strength was significantly decreased compared with that in Chst14+/+ mice. EM showed that collagen fibrils were oriented in various directions to form disorganized collagen fibers in the reticular layer. Through EM-based CB staining, rod-shaped linear GAG chains were found to be attached at one end to collagen fibrils and protruded outside of the fibrils, in contrast to them being round and wrapping the collagen fibrils in Chst14+/+ mice. A very low level of dermatan sulfate disaccharides was detected in the skin of Chst14-/- mice by anion-exchange chromatography. Chst14-/- mice, exhibiting similar abnormalities in the GAG structure of decorin and collagen networks in the skin, could be a reasonable model for skin fragility of patients with mcEDS-CHST14, shedding light on the role of dermatan sulfate in maintaining skin strength.
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- Takuya Hirose
- Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Hokkaido 069-8501, Japan
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- Department of Pathobiochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Meijo University, Nagoya, Aichi 468-8503, Japan
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- Department of Applied Protein Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-0054, Japan
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Shinshu University Schoolof Medicine, Matsumoto, Nagano 390-8621, Japan
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- Division of Animal Research, Research Center for Supports to Advanced Science, Shinshu University, Matsumoto, Nagano 390-8621, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nippon Medical School, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0022, Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Hokkaido 069-8501, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Pathology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Nagano 390-8621, Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Hokkaido 069-8501, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nippon Medical School, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0022, Japan.,Center for Gene and Cell Therapy, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan
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- Department of Applied Protein Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-0054, Japan
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- Department of Pathobiochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Meijo University, Nagoya, Aichi 468-8503, Japan
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Shinshu University Schoolof Medicine, Matsumoto, Nagano 390-8621, Japan.,Center for Medical Genetics, Shinshu University Hospital, Matsumoto, Nagano 390-8621, Japan.,Research Center for Supports to Advanced Science, Shinshu University, Matsumoto, Nagano 390-8621, Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Hokkaido 069-8501, Japan
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Prydz K. Determinants of Glycosaminoglycan (GAG) Structure. Biomolecules 2015; 5:2003-22. [PMID: 26308067 PMCID: PMC4598785 DOI: 10.3390/biom5032003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2015] [Revised: 08/17/2015] [Accepted: 08/18/2015] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Proteoglycans (PGs) are glycosylated proteins of biological importance at cell surfaces, in the extracellular matrix, and in the circulation. PGs are produced and modified by glycosaminoglycan (GAG) chains in the secretory pathway of animal cells. The most common GAG attachment site is a serine residue followed by a glycine (-ser-gly-), from which a linker tetrasaccharide extends and may continue as a heparan sulfate, a heparin, a chondroitin sulfate, or a dermatan sulfate GAG chain. Which type of GAG chain becomes attached to the linker tetrasaccharide is influenced by the structure of the protein core, modifications occurring to the linker tetrasaccharide itself, and the biochemical environment of the Golgi apparatus, where GAG polymerization and modification by sulfation and epimerization take place. The same cell type may produce different GAG chains that vary, depending on the extent of epimerization and sulfation. However, it is not known to what extent these differences are caused by compartmental segregation of protein cores en route through the secretory pathway or by differential recruitment of modifying enzymes during synthesis of different PGs. The topic of this review is how different aspects of protein structure, cellular biochemistry, and compartmentalization may influence GAG synthesis.
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- Kristian Prydz
- Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Box 1066, Blindern OSLO 0316, Norway.
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Gulberti S, Jacquinet JC, Chabel M, Ramalanjaona N, Magdalou J, Netter P, Coughtrie MWH, Ouzzine M, Fournel-Gigleux S. Chondroitin sulfate N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase-1 (CSGalNAcT-1) involved in chondroitin sulfate initiation: Impact of sulfation on activity and specificity. Glycobiology 2011; 22:561-71. [DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwr172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Li F, Nandini CD, Hattori T, Bao X, Murayama D, Nakamura T, Fukushima N, Sugahara K. Structure of pleiotrophin- and hepatocyte growth factor-binding sulfated hexasaccharide determined by biochemical and computational approaches. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:27673-85. [PMID: 20584902 PMCID: PMC2934635 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.118703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2010] [Revised: 06/05/2010] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Endogenous pleiotrophin and hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) mediate the neurite outgrowth-promoting activity of chondroitin sulfate (CS)/dermatan sulfate (DS) hybrid chains isolated from embryonic pig brain. CS/DS hybrid chains isolated from shark skin have a different disaccharide composition, but also display these activities. In this study, pleiotrophin- and HGF-binding domains in shark skin CS/DS were investigated. A high affinity CS/DS fraction was isolated using a pleiotrophin-immobilized column. It showed marked neurite outgrowth-promoting activity and strong inhibitory activity against the binding of pleiotrophin to immobilized CS/DS chains from embryonic pig brain. The inhibitory activity was abolished by chondroitinase ABC or B, and partially reduced by chondroitinase AC-I. A pentasulfated hexasaccharide with a novel structure was isolated from the chondroitinase AC-I digest using pleiotrophin affinity and anion exchange chromatographies. It displayed a potent inhibitory effect on the binding of HGF to immobilized shark skin CS/DS chains, suggesting that the pleiotrophin- and HGF-binding domains at least partially overlap in the CS/DS chains involved in the neuritogenic activity. Computational chemistry using molecular modeling and calculations of the electrostatic potential of the hexasaccharide and two pleiotrophin-binding octasaccharides previously isolated from CS/DS hybrid chains of embryonic pig brain identified an electronegative zone potentially involved in the molecular recognition of the oligosaccharides by pleiotrophin. Homology modeling of pleiotrophin based on a related midkine protein structure predicted the binding pocket of pleiotrophin for the oligosaccharides and provided new insights into the molecular mechanism of the interactions between the oligosaccharides and pleiotrophin.
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- Fuchuan Li
- From the Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Life Science, Sapporo 001-0021
- the Department of Biochemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Kobe 658-8558
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- the Department of Biochemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Kobe 658-8558
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- the Kringle Pharma Joint Research Division, Center for Advanced Science and Innovation, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- From the Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Life Science, Sapporo 001-0021
- the Department of Biochemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Kobe 658-8558
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Izumikawa T, Kitagawa H. Mice Deficient in Glucuronyltransferase-I. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE 2010; 93:19-34. [DOI: 10.1016/s1877-1173(10)93002-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Kitagawa H, Tsutsumi K, Ikegami-Kuzuhara A, Nadanaka S, Goto F, Ogawa T, Sugahara K. Sulfation of the galactose residues in the glycosaminoglycan-protein linkage region by recombinant human chondroitin 6-O-sulfotransferase-1. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:27438-27443. [PMID: 18697746 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m803279200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2023] Open
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6-O-Sulfated galactose residues have been demonstrated in the glycosaminoglycan-protein linkage region GlcUAbeta1-3Galbeta1-3Galbeta1-4Xylbeta1-O-Ser isolated from shark cartilage chondroitin 6-sulfate (Sugahara, K., Ohi, Y., Harada, T., de Waard, P., and Vliegenthart, J. F. G. (1992) J. Biol. Chem. 267, 6027-6035). In this study, we investigated whether a recombinant human chondroitin 6-sulfotransferase-1 (C6ST-1) catalyzes the sulfation of C6 on both galactose residues in the linkage region using structurally defined acceptor substrates. The C6ST-1 was expressed as a soluble protein A chimeric form in COS-1 cells and purified using IgG-Sepharose. The purified C6ST-1 utilized the linkage tri-, tetra-, penta-, and hexasaccharide-serines and hexasaccharide alditols, including GlcUAbeta1-3GalNAc(4-O-sulfate)beta1-4GlcUAbeta1-3Gal(4-O-sulfate)beta1-3Galbeta1-4Xylbeta1-O-Ser and DeltaGlcUAbeta1-3GalNAc(6-O-sulfate)beta1-4GlcUAbeta1-3Galbeta1-3Gal(6-O-sulfate)beta1-4Xyl-ol. Identification of the reaction products obtained with the linkage tetra-, penta-, and hexasaccharide-serines revealed that the C6ST-1 catalyzed the sulfation of C6 on both galactose residues in the linkage region. Notably, the linkage tetrasaccharide-peptide GlcUAbeta1-3Galbeta1-3Galbeta1-4Xylbeta1-O-(Gly)Ser-(Gly-Glu) was a good acceptor substrate for the C6ST-1, suggesting that the sulfation of the galactose residues can occur before the transfer of the first N-acetylhexosamine residue to the linkage tetrasaccharide. In contrast, no incorporation was observed into DeltaGlcUAbeta1-3GalNAc(4-O-sulfate)beta1-4GlcUAbeta1-3Gal(4-O-sulfate)beta1-3Galbeta1-4Xyl-ol, indicating that an intact xylose is necessary for the transfer of a sulfate to the second sugar residue Gal from the reducing end. These findings clearly demonstrated that the recombinant C6ST-1 catalyzes the sulfation of C6 on both galactose residues in the linkage region in vitro. This is the first identification of the sulfotransferase responsible for the sulfation of galactose residues in the glycosaminoglycan-protein linkage region.
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- Hiroshi Kitagawa
- Department of Biochemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, 4-19-1 Motoyamakita-machi, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-8558, Japan.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, 4-19-1 Motoyamakita-machi, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-8558, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, 4-19-1 Motoyamakita-machi, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-8558, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, 4-19-1 Motoyamakita-machi, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-8558, Japan
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- RIKEN (Institute of Physical and Chemical Research), Wako-shi, Saitama, 351-01, Japan
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- RIKEN (Institute of Physical and Chemical Research), Wako-shi, Saitama, 351-01, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, 4-19-1 Motoyamakita-machi, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-8558, Japan; Laboratory of Proteoglycan Signaling and Therapeutics, Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University, Frontier Research Center for Post-Genomic Science and Technology, Sapporo, Hokkaido 001-0021, Japan
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Hitchcock AM, Yates KE, Costello CE, Zaia J. Comparative glycomics of connective tissue glycosaminoglycans. Proteomics 2008; 8:1384-97. [PMID: 18318007 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200700787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Homeostasis of connective joint tissues depends on the maintenance of an extracellular matrix, consisting of an integrated assembly of collagens, glycoproteins, proteoglycans, and glycosaminoglycans (GAGs). Isomeric chondroitin sulfate (CS) 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 profiles the CS epitopes expressed by different joint tissues as a function of age and osteoarthritis. GAGs were extracted from joint tissues (cartilage, tendon, ligment, muscle, and synovium) and partially depolymerized using chondroitinase enzymes. The oligosaccharide products were differentially stable isotope labeled by reductive amination using 2-anthranilic acid-d(0) or -d(4) and subjected to amide-hydrophilic interaction chromatography (HILIC) online LC-MS/MS. The analysis presented herein enables simultaneous profiling of the expression of nonreducing end, linker region, and Delta-unsaturated interior oligosaccharide domains of the CS chains among the different joint tissues. The results provide important new information on the changes to the expression of CS GAG chains during disease and development.
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- Alicia M Hitchcock
- Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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Tone Y, Pedersen LC, Yamamoto T, Izumikawa T, Kitagawa H, Nishihara J, Tamura JI, Negishi M, Sugahara K. 2-o-phosphorylation of xylose and 6-o-sulfation of galactose in the protein linkage region of glycosaminoglycans influence the glucuronyltransferase-I activity involved in the linkage region synthesis. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:16801-7. [PMID: 18400750 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m709556200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Sulfated glycosaminoglycans (GAGs), including heparan sulfate and chondroitin sulfate, are synthesized on the so-called common GAG-protein linkage region (GlcUAbeta1-3Galbeta1-3Galbeta1-4Xylbeta1-O-Ser) of core proteins, which is formed by the stepwise addition of monosaccharide residues by the respective specific glycosyltransferases. Glucuronyltransferase-I (GlcAT-I) is the key enzyme that completes the synthesis of this linkage region, which is a prerequisite for the conversion of core proteins to functional proteoglycans bearing GAGs. The Xyl and Gal residues in the linkage region can be modified by phosphorylation and sulfation, respectively, although the biological significance of these modifications remains to be clarified. Here we present evidence that these modifications can significantly influence the catalytic activity of GlcAT-I. Enzyme assays showed that the synthetic substrates, Gal-Gal-Xyl(2-O-phosphate)-O-Ser and Gal-Gal(6-O-sulfate)-Xyl(2-O-phosphate)-O-Ser, served as better substrates than the unmodified compound, whereas Gal(6-O-sulfate)-Gal-Xyl(2-O-phosphate)-O-Ser exhibited no acceptor activity. The crystal structure of the catalytic domain of GlcAT-I with UDP and Gal-Gal(6-O-sulfate)-Xyl(2-O-phosphate)-O-Ser bound revealed that the Xyl(2-O-phosphate)-O-Ser is disordered and the 6-O-sulfate forms interactions with Gln(318) from the second GlcAT-I monomer in the dimeric enzyme. The results indicate the possible involvement of these modifications in the processing and maturation of the growing linkage region oligosaccharide required for the assembly of GAG chains.
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- Yuko Tone
- Department of Biochemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-8558, Japan
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Izumikawa T, Koike T, Shiozawa S, Sugahara K, Tamura JI, Kitagawa H. Identification of Chondroitin Sulfate Glucuronyltransferase as Chondroitin Synthase-3 Involved in Chondroitin Polymerization. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:11396-406. [DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m707549200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Determination of iduronic acid and glucuronic acid in sulfated chondroitin/dermatan hybrid chains by (1)H-nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Glycoconj J 2008; 25:603-10. [PMID: 18368478 DOI: 10.1007/s10719-008-9124-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2007] [Revised: 01/29/2008] [Accepted: 02/27/2008] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The relative proportion of L: -iduronic acid (IdoA) and D: -glucuronic acid (GlcA) is of great importance for the structure-function relationship of chondroitin sulfate (CS)/dermatan sulfate (DS). However, determination of the isotypes of uronic acid residues in CS/DS is still a challenge, due to the instability of free uronic acid released by chemical degradation and its conversion to unsaturated uronic acid by digestion with bacterial eliminase. (1)H-Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is a promising tool with which to address this issue, but the traditional method based on the assignment of the ring proton signals of IdoA and GlcA residues still has drawbacks such as the serious overlap of signals in the (1)H-NMR spectrum of CS/DS polysaccharides. We found that the proton signals of the N-acetyl group of N-acetyl-D: -galactosamines in CS and DS could be clearly distinguished and accurately integrated in the one-dimensional (1D) (1)H-NMR spectrum. Based on this finding, here we report a novel, sensitive, and nondestructive 1D (1)H-NMR-based method to determine the proportion of IdoA and GlcA residues in CS/DS hybrid chains.
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Matsuno YK, Yamada K, Kakehi K. Rapid and Sensitive Analysis of O-linked Glycans Using an In-line Flow Glycan-releasing Apparatus. TRENDS GLYCOSCI GLYC 2008. [DOI: 10.4052/tigg.20.29] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Purushothaman A, Fukuda J, Mizumoto S, ten Dam GB, van Kuppevelt TH, Kitagawa H, Mikami T, Sugahara K. Functions of Chondroitin Sulfate/Dermatan Sulfate Chains in Brain Development. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:19442-52. [PMID: 17500059 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m700630200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Chondroitin sulfate (CS) and dermatan sulfate (DS) have been implicated in the processes of neural development in the brain. In this study, we characterized developmentally regulated brain CS/DS chains using a single chain antibody, GD3G7, produced by the phage display technique. Evaluation of the specificity of GD3G7 toward various glycosaminoglycan preparations showed that this antibody specifically reacted with squid CS-E (rich in the GlcUAbeta1-3GalNAc(4,6-O-sulfate) disaccharide unit E), hagfish CS-H (rich in the IdoUAalpha1-3GalNAc(4,6-O-sulfate) unit iE), and shark skin DS (rich in both E and iE units). In situ hybridization for the expression of N-acetylgalac-tosamine-4-sulfate 6-O-sulfotransferase in the postnatal mouse brain, which is involved in the biosynthesis of CS/DS-E, showed a widespread expression of the transcript in the developing brain except at postnatal day 7, where strong expression was observed in the external granule cell layer in the cerebellum. The expression switched from the external to internal granule cell layer with development. Immunohistochemical localization of GD3G7 in the mouse brain showed that the epitope was relatively abundant in the cerebellum, hippocampus, and olfactory bulb. GD3G7 suppressed the growth of neurites in embryonic hippocampal neurons mediated by CS-E, suggesting that the epitope is embedded in the neurite outgrowth-promoting motif of CS-E. In addition, a CS-E decasaccharide fraction was found to be the critical minimal structure needed for recognition by GD3G7. Four discrete decasaccharide epitopic sequences were identified. The antibody GD3G7 has broad applications in investigations of CS/DS chains during the central nervous system's development and under various pathological conditions.
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- Anurag Purushothaman
- Department of Biochemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-8558, Japan
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Yamada S, Morimoto H, Fujisawa T, Sugahara K. Glycosaminoglycans in Hydra magnipapillata (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): demonstration of chondroitin in the developing nematocyst, the sting organelle, and structural characterization of glycosaminoglycans. Glycobiology 2007; 17:886-94. [PMID: 17513885 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwm051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The hydrozoan is the simplest organism whose movements are governed by the neuromuscular system, and its de novo morphogenesis can be easily induced by the removal of body parts. These features make the hydrozoan an excellent model for studying the regeneration of tissues in vivo, especially in the nervous system. Although glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) and proteoglycans (PGs) have been implicated in the signaling functions of various growth factors and play critical roles in the development of the central nervous system, the isolation and characterization of GAGs from hydrozoans have never been reported. Here, we characterized GAGs of Hydra magnipapillata. Immunostaining using anti-GAG antibodies showed chondroitin or chondroitin sulfate (CS) in the developing nematocyst, which is a sting organelle specific to cnidarians. The CS-PGs might furnish an environment for assembling nematocyst components, and might themselves be components of nematocysts. Therefore, GAGs were isolated from Hydra and their structural features were examined. A considerable amount of CS, three orders of magnitude less heparan sulfate (HS), but no hyaluronan were found, as in Caenorhabditis elegans. Analysis of the disaccharide composition of HS revealed glucosamine 2-N-sulfation, glucosamine 6-O-sulfation, and uronate 2-O-sulfation. CS contains not only nonsulfated and 4-O-sulfated N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc) but also 6-O-sulfated GalNAc. The average molecular size of CS and HS was 110 and 10 kDa, respectively. It has also been established here that CS chains are synthesized on the core protein through the ubiquitous linkage region tetrasaccharide, suggesting that indispensable functions of the linkage region in the synthesis of GAGs have been conserved during evolution.
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- Shuhei Yamada
- Department of Biochemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-8558, Japan
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Izumikawa T, Uyama T, Okuura Y, Sugahara K, Kitagawa H. Involvement of chondroitin sulfate synthase-3 (chondroitin synthase-2) in chondroitin polymerization through its interaction with chondroitin synthase-1 or chondroitin-polymerizing factor. Biochem J 2007; 403:545-52. [PMID: 17253960 PMCID: PMC1876374 DOI: 10.1042/bj20061876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2006] [Revised: 01/24/2007] [Accepted: 01/25/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Previously, we have demonstrated that co-expression of ChSy-1 (chondroitin synthase-1), with ChPF (chondroitin-polymerizing factor) resulted in a marked augmentation of glycosyltransferase activities and the expression of the chondroitin polymerase activity of ChSy-1. These results prompted us to evaluate the effects of co-expression of the recently cloned CSS3 (chondroitin sulfate synthase-3) with ChPF, because ChSy-1 and CSS3 have similar properties, i.e. they possess GalNAcT-II (N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase-II) and GlcAT-II (glucuronyltransferase-II) activities responsible for the elongation of CS (chondroitin sulfate) chains but cannot polymerize chondroitin chains by themselves. Co-expressed CSS3 and ChPF showed not only substantial GalNAcT-II and GlcAT-II activities but also chondroitin polymerase activity. Interestingly, co-expressed ChSy-1 and CSS3 also exhibited polymerase activity. The chain length of chondroitin formed by the co-expressed proteins in various combinations was different. In addition, interactions between any two of ChSy-1, CSS3 and ChPF were demonstrated by pull-down assays. Moreover, overexpression of CSS3 increased the amount of CS in HeLa cells, while the RNA interference of CSS3 resulted in a reduction in the amount of CS in the cells. Altogether these results suggest that chondroitin polymerization is achieved by multiple combinations of ChSy-1, CSS3 and ChPF. Based on these characteristics, we have renamed CSS3 ChSy-2 (chondroitin synthase-2).
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Key Words
- chondroitin sulfate
- chondroitin polymerization
- glycosyltransferase
- glycosaminoglycan
- protein interaction
- proteoglycan
- chpf, chondroitin-polymerizing factor
- chsy, chondroitin synthase
- chgn, chondroitin β1,4-n-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase
- cs, chondroitin sulfate
- css3, chondroitin sulfate synthase-3
- gag, glycosaminoglycan
- galnact, β1,4-n-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase
- gapdh, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase
- glcat, β1,3-glucuronyltransferase
- has, hyaluronan synthase
- hs, heparan sulfate
- pg, proteoglycan
- rt, reverse transcriptase
- sirna, small interfering rna
- tm, thrombomodulin
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- Tomomi Izumikawa
- Department of Biochemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-8558, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-8558, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-8558, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-8558, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-8558, Japan
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Matsuno YK, Yamada K, Tanabe A, Kinoshita M, Maruyama SZ, Osaka YS, Masuko T, Kakehi K. Development of an apparatus for rapid release of oligosaccharides at the glycosaminoglycan-protein linkage region in chondroitin sulfate-type proteoglycans. Anal Biochem 2006; 362:245-57. [PMID: 17250796 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2006.12.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2006] [Revised: 12/09/2006] [Accepted: 12/13/2006] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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An apparatus, AutoGlycoCutter (AGC), was developed as a tool for rapid release of O-linked-type glycans under alkaline conditions. This system allowed rapid release of oligosaccharides at the glycosaminoglycan-protein linkage region in proteoglycans (PGs). After digestion of PGs with chondroitinase ABC, the oligosaccharides at the linkage region were successfully released from the protein core by AGC within 3 min. The reducing ends of the released oligosaccharides were labeled with 2-aminobenzoic acid and analyzed by a combination of capillary electrophoresis (CE) and matrix-assisted laser desorption time-of-flight mass spectrometry. In addition, the unsaturated disaccharides produced by chondroitinase ABC derived from the outer parts of the glycans were labeled with 2-aminoacridone and analyzed by CE to determine the disaccharide compositions. We evaluated AGC as a method for structural analysis of glycosaminoglycans in some chondroitin-sulfate-type PGs (urinary trypsin inhibitor, bovine nasal cartilage PG, bovine aggrecan, bovine decorin, and bovine biglycan). Recoveries of the released oligosaccharides were 57-73% for all PGs tested in the present study. In particular, we emphasize that the use of AGC achieved ca. 1000-fold rapid release of O-glycans compared with the conventional method.
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- Yu-Ki Matsuno
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kinki University, Kowakae 3-4-1, Higashi-Osaka, Japan
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Li F, Shetty AK, Sugahara K. Neuritogenic activity of chondroitin/dermatan sulfate hybrid chains of embryonic pig brain and their mimicry from shark liver. Involvement of the pleiotrophin and hepatocyte growth factor signaling pathways. J Biol Chem 2006; 282:2956-66. [PMID: 17145750 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m609296200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Accumulating evidence suggests the involvement of chondroitin sulfate (CS) and dermatan sulfate (DS) hybrid chains in the brain's development and critical roles for oversulfated disaccharides and IdoUA residues in the growth factor-binding and neuritogenic activities of these chains. In the pursuit of sources of CS/DS with unique structures, neuritogenic activity, and therapeutic potential, two novel CS/DS preparations were isolated from shark liver by anion exchange chromatography. The major (80%) low sulfated and minor (20%) highly sulfated fractions had an average molecular mass of 3.8-38.9 and 75.7 kDa, respectively. Digestion with various chondroitinases (CSases) revealed a large panel of disaccharides with either GlcUA or IdoUA scattered along the polysaccharide chains in both of the fractions. The higher M(r) fraction, richer in IdoUA(2-O-sulfate)alpha1-3GalNAc(4-O-sulfate) and GlcUAbeta/IdoUAalpha1-3GalNAc(4,6-O-disulfate) units, exerted greater neurite outgrowth-promoting (NOP) activity and better promoted the binding of various heparin-binding growth factors, including pleiotrophin (PTN), midkine, recombinant human heparin-binding epidermal growth factor-like growth factor, VEGF(165), fibroblast growth factor-2, fibroblast growth factor-7, and hepatocyte growth factor (HGF). These activities were largely abolished by digestion with CSase ABC or B but only moderately affected by a mixture of CSases AC-I and AC-II. In addition, the NOP activity of the larger fraction was markedly reduced by desulfation with alkali, suggesting a role for the 2-O-sulfate of IdoUA(2-O-sulfate)alpha1-3GalNAc(4-O-sulfate). The NOP activity of the higher molecular weight fraction and that of the embryonic pig brain-derived CS/DS fraction were also sup pressed to a large extent by antibodies against HGF, PTN, and their individual receptors cMet and anaplastic lymphoma kinase, revealing the involvement of the HGF and PTN signaling pathways in the activity.
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- Fuchuan Li
- Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
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Uyama T, Ishida M, Izumikawa T, Trybala E, Tufaro F, Bergström T, Sugahara K, Kitagawa H. Chondroitin 4-O-sulfotransferase-1 regulates E disaccharide expression of chondroitin sulfate required for herpes simplex virus infectivity. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:38668-74. [PMID: 17040900 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m609320200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We have demonstrated a defect in expression of chondroitin 4-O-sulfotransferase-1 (C4ST-1) in murine sog9 cells, which are poorly sensitive to infection by herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1). Sog9 cells were previously isolated as CS-deficient cells from gro2C cells, which were partially resistant to HSV-1 infection and defective in the expression of heparan sulfate (HS) because of a splice site mutation in the EXT1 gene encoding the HS-synthesizing enzyme. Here we detected a small amount of CS chains in sog9 cells with a drastic decrease in 4-O-sulfation compared with the parental gro2C cells. RT-PCR revealed that sog9 cells had a defect in the expression of C4ST-1 in addition to EXT1. Gel filtration analysis showed that the decrease in the amount of CS in sog9 cells was the result of a reduction in the length of CS chains. Transfer of C4ST-1 cDNA into sog9 cells (sog9-C4ST-1) restored 4-O-sulfation and amount of CS, verifying that sog9 cells had a specific defect in C4ST-1. Furthermore, the expression of C4ST-1 rendered sog9 cells significantly more susceptible to HSV-1 infection, suggesting that CS modified by C4ST-1 is sufficient for the binding and infectivity of HSV-1. Analysis of CS chains of gro2C and sog9-C4ST-1 cells revealed a considerable proportion of the E disaccharide unit, consistent with our recent finding that this unit is an essential component of the HSV receptor. These results suggest that C4ST-1 regulates the expression of the E disaccharide unit and the length of CS chains, the features that facilitate infection of cells by HSV-1.
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- Toru Uyama
- Department of Biochemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, 4-19-1 Motoyamakita-machi, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-8558, Japan
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Mitsunaga C, Mikami T, Mizumoto S, Fukuda J, Sugahara K. Chondroitin sulfate/dermatan sulfate hybrid chains in the development of cerebellum. Spatiotemporal regulation of the expression of critical disulfated disaccharides by specific sulfotransferases. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:18942-52. [PMID: 16702220 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m510870200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Chondroitin sulfate/dermatan sulfate (CS/DS) chains regulate the development of the central nervous system in vertebrates. Previously, we demonstrated that CS/DS hybrid chains from embryonic pig brain exhibit neuritogenic and growth factor binding activities, which depended on their IdoUA content defining the DS-like structure. To elucidate the distribution of such functional sugar chains during the development of the brain, in situ hybridization was performed to examine expression of three CS/DS GalNAc 4-O-sulfotransferases, D4ST-1, C4ST-1, and C4ST-2, and a single uronyl 2-O-sulfotransferase (UST) involved in the biosynthesis of DS in addition to CS intermediates. C4ST-1 and C4ST-2 were ubiquitously expressed in the postnatal mouse brain, whereas the expression of D4ST-1 and UST was restricted in the developing cerebellum and culminated at postnatal day 14 as shown by reverse transcriptase-PCR analysis. In situ analysis of the disaccharides of CS/DS in brain sections revealed that the concentration of CS/DS increases 2-fold during development (postnatal day 7 to 7 weeks). The proportions of DS-specific, principal disaccharides, IdoUA-Gal-NAc(4-O-sulfate) (iA) and IdoUA(2-O-sulfate)-GalNAc(4-O-sulfate) (iB), produced by the sequential actions of D4ST-1 and UST, were higher in the CS/DS chains from cerebellum than those from whole brain sections. A dramatic increase (10-fold) in the proportion of iB during development was noteworthy. In contrast, GlcUA/IdoUA(2-O-sulfate)-GalNAc(6-O-sulfate) (D/iD) and GlcUA/IdoUA-GalNAc(4, 6-O-disulfate) (E/iE) decreased to 50 and 30%, respectively, in the developing cerebellum. These results suggest that the IdoUA-containing iA and iB units along with D/iD and E/iE units in the CS/DS hybrid play important roles in the formation of the cerebellar neural network during postnatal brain development.
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- Chie Mitsunaga
- Department of Biochemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-8558, Japan
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Tamura JI, Neumann KW, Ogawa T. Synthetic Studies of Glycosyl Serines in the Carbohydrate-Protein Region of Protoglycans. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1002/jlac.199619960804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Lamari FN, Karamanos NK. Structure of Chondroitin Sulfate. CHONDROITIN SULFATE: STRUCTURE, ROLE AND PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTIVITY 2006; 53:33-48. [PMID: 17239761 DOI: 10.1016/s1054-3589(05)53003-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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- Fotini N Lamari
- Laboratory of Pharmacognosy and Chemistry of Natural Products, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, 26500 Patras, Greece
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Bao X, Muramatsu T, Sugahara K. Demonstration of the Pleiotrophin-binding Oligosaccharide Sequences Isolated from Chondroitin Sulfate/Dermatan Sulfate Hybrid Chains of Embryonic Pig Brains. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:35318-28. [PMID: 16120610 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m507304200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Mammalian brains contain significant amounts of chondroitin sulfate (CS), dermatan sulfate (DS), and CS/DS hybrid chains. CS/DS chains isolated from embryonic pig brains (E-CS/DS) promote the outgrowth of neurites in embryonic mouse hippocampal neurons in culture by interacting with pleiotrophin (PTN), a heparin-binding growth factor. Here, we analyzed oligosaccharides isolated from E-CS/DS, which showed that octasaccharides were the minimal size capable of interacting with PTN at a physiological salt concentration. Five and eight sequences were purified from fluorescently labeled PTN-bound and -unbound octasaccharide fractions, respectively, by enzymatic digestion followed by PTN-affinity chromatography. Their sequences were determined by enzymatic digestion in conjunction with high performance liquid chromatography, revealing a critical role for oversulfated D and/or iD disaccharides in the low yet significant affinity for PTN, which is required for neuritogenesis. The critical D and iD units are GlcUA(2-O-sulfate)beta1-3GalNAc(6-O-sulfate) and IdoUA(2-O-sulfate)alpha1-3GalNAc(6-O-sulfate), respectively, where IdoUA represents L-iduronic acid. In contrast, high affinity interactions with PTN required decasaccharides with E units (GlcUAbeta1-3GalNAc(4, 6-O-disulfate)), B units (GlcUA(2-O-sulfate)beta1-3GalNAc(4-O-sulfate)), and/or their IdoUA-containing counterparts (iE and iB) in addition to D/iD units, although the biological significance of such strong interactions remains to be investigated. Thus, chain size and composition are crucial to the interaction with PTN, and PTN binds to multiple sequences in E-CS/DS chains with distinct affinity. Notably, not only heparan sulfate but also CS/DS hybrid chain structures of mammalian brains contain a high degree of microheterogeneity with a cluster of oversulfated disaccharides and appear to play roles in regulating the functions of PTN.
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- Xingfeng Bao
- Department of Biochemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, 4-19-1, Motoyama-kita-machi, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-8558, Japan
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Bergefall K, Trybala E, Johansson M, Uyama T, Naito S, Yamada S, Kitagawa H, Sugahara K, Bergström T. Chondroitin Sulfate Characterized by the E-disaccharide Unit Is a Potent Inhibitor of Herpes Simplex Virus Infectivity and Provides the Virus Binding Sites on gro2C Cells. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:32193-9. [PMID: 16027159 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m503645200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Although cell surface chondroitin sulfate (CS) is regarded as an auxiliary receptor for binding of herpes simplex virus to cells, and purified CS chain types A, B, and C are known to interfere poorly or not at all with the virus infection of cells, we have found that CS type E (CS-E), derived from squid cartilage, exhibited potent antiviral activity. The IC(50) values ranged from 0.06 to 0.2 mug/ml and substantially exceeded the antiviral potency of heparin, the known inhibitor of virus binding to cells. Furthermore, in mutant gro2C cells that express CS but not heparan sulfate, CS-E showed unusually high anti-herpes virus activity with IC(50) values of <1 ng/ml. Enzymatic degradation of CS-E with chondroitinase ABC abolished its antiviral activity. CS-E inhibited the binding to cells of the purified virus attachment protein gC. A direct interaction of gC with immobilized CS-E and inhibition of this binding by CS-E oligosaccharide fragments greater than octasaccharide were demonstrated. Likewise, the gro2C-specific CS chains interfered with the binding of viral gC to these cells and were found to contain a considerable proportion (13%) of the E-disaccharide unit, suggesting that this unit is an essential component of the CS receptor for herpes simplex virus on gro2C cells and that the antiviral activity of CS-E was due to interference with the binding of viral gC to a CS-E-like receptor on the cell surface. Knowledge of the determinants of antiviral properties of CS-E will help in the development of inhibitors of herpes simplex virus infections in humans.
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- Kicki Bergefall
- Department of Clinical Virology, Göteborg University, Sweden
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Bao X, Mikami T, Yamada S, Faissner A, Muramatsu T, Sugahara K. Heparin-binding growth factor, pleiotrophin, mediates neuritogenic activity of embryonic pig brain-derived chondroitin sulfate/dermatan sulfate hybrid chains. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:9180-91. [PMID: 15632143 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m413423200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Chondroitin sulfate (CS) and dermatan sulfate (DS) chains play roles in the central nervous system. Most notably, CS/DS hybrid chains (E-CS/DS) purified from embryonic pig brains bind growth factors and promote neurite outgrowth toward embryonic mouse hippocampal neurons in culture. However, the neuritogenic mechanism is not well understood. Here we showed that pleiotrophin (PTN), a heparin-binding growth factor, produced mainly by glia cells, was the predominant binding partner for E-CS/DS in the membrane-associated protein fraction of neonatal rat brain. The CS/DS chains were separated on a PTN column into unbound, low affinity, and high affinity fractions. The latter two fractions promoted outgrowth of dendrite- and axon-like neurites, respectively, whereas the unbound fraction showed no such activity. The activity of the low affinity fraction was abolished by an anti-PTN antibody or when glia cells were removed from the culture. In contrast, the high affinity fraction displayed activity under both these conditions. Hence, PTN mainly from glia cells mediated the activity of the low affinity but not the high affinity fraction. The anti-CS antibody 473HD neutralized the neuritogenic activities of both fractions. Interaction analysis indicated that the 473HD epitope and PTN-binding domains in the E-CS/DS chains largely overlap. The three affinity subfractions differed in disaccharide composition and the distribution of l-iduronic acid-containing disaccharides along the chains. Oversulfated disaccharides and nonconsecutive iduronic acid-containing units were the requirements for the E-CS/DS chains to bind PTN and to exhibit the neuritogenic activities. Thus, CS subpopulations with distinct structures in the mammalian brain play different roles in neuritogenesis through distinct molecular mechanisms, at least in part by regulating the functions of growth factors.
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- Xingfeng Bao
- Department of Biochemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-8558, Japan
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Ito Y, Hikino M, Yajima Y, Mikami T, Sirko S, von Holst A, Faissner A, Fukui S, Sugahara K. Structural characterization of the epitopes of the monoclonal antibodies 473HD, CS-56, and MO-225 specific for chondroitin sulfate D-type using the oligosaccharide library. Glycobiology 2004; 15:593-603. [PMID: 15625183 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwi036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The variation in the sulfation profile of chondroitin sulfate (CS)/dermatan sulfate (DS) chains regulates central nervous system development in vertebrates. Notably, the disulfated disaccharide D-unit, GlcUA(2-O-sulfate)-GalNAc(6-O-sulfate), correlates with the promotion of neurite outgrowth through the DSD-1 epitope that is embedded in the CS moiety of the proteoglycan DSD-1-PG/phosphacan. Monoclonal antibody (mAb) 473HD inhibits the DSD-1-dependent neuritogenesis and also recognizes shark cartilage CS-D, which is characterized by the prominent D-unit and is also recognized by two other mAbs, CS-56 and MO-225. We investigate the oligosaccharide epitope structures of these CS-D-reactive mAbs by ELISA and oligosaccharide microarrays using lipid-derivatized CS oligosaccharides. CS-56 and MO-225 recognized the octa- and larger oligosaccharides, though the latter also bound one unique hexasaccharide D-A-D, where A denotes the disaccharide A-unit GlcUA-GalNAc(4-O-sulfate). The octasaccharides reactive with CS-56 and MO-225 shared a core A-D tetrasaccharide, whereas the neighboring structural elements located on the reducing and/or nonreducing sides of the A-D gave a differential preference additionally to the recognition sequence for each antibody. In contrast, 473HD reacted with multiple hexa- and larger oligosaccharides, which also contained A-D or D-A tetrasaccharide sequences. Consistent with the distinct specificity of 473HD as compared with CS-56 and MO-225, the 473HD epitope displayed a different expression pattern in peripheral mouse organs as revealed by immunohistology, extending the previously reported CNS-restricted expression. The epitope of 473HD, but not of CS-56 or MO-225, was eliminated from DSD-1-PG by digestion with chondroitinase B, suggesting the close association of L-iduronic acid with the 473HD epitope. Despite such supplemental information, the integral epitope remains to be isolated for identification and comprehensive analytical characterisation. Thus novel information on the sugar sequences containing the A-D tetrasaccharide core was obtained for the epitopes of these three useful mAbs.
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- Yumi Ito
- Department of Biochemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, 4-19-1 Motoyamakita-machi, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-8558, Japan
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Nandini CD, Mikami T, Ohta M, Itoh N, Akiyama-Nambu F, Sugahara K. Structural and Functional Characterization of Oversulfated Chondroitin Sulfate/Dermatan Sulfate Hybrid Chains from the Notochord of Hagfish. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:50799-809. [PMID: 15385557 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m404746200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Oversulfated chondroitin sulfate (CS)/dermatan sulfate (DS) hybrid chains were purified from the notochord of hagfish. The chains (previously named CS-H for hagfish) have an average molecular mass of 18 kDa. Composition analysis using various chondroitinases demonstrated a variety of D-glucuronic acid (GlcUA)- and L-iduronic acid (IdoUA)-containing disaccharides variably sulfated with a higher proportion of GlcUA/IdoUA-GalNAc 4,6-O-disulfate, revealing complex CS/DS hybrid features. The hybrid chains showed neurite outgrowth-promoting activity of an axonic nature, which resembled the activity of squid cartilage CS-E and which was abolished fully by chondroitinase ABC digestion and partially by chondroitinase AC-I or B digestion, suggesting the involvement of both GlcUA and IdoUA in neuritogenic activity. Purified CS-H exhibited interactions in a BIAcore system with various heparin-binding proteins and neurotrophic factors (viz. fibroblast growth factor-2, -10, -16, and -18; midkine; pleiotrophin; heparin-binding epidermal growth factor-like growth factor; vascular endothelial growth factor; brain-derived neurotrophic factor; and glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor), most of which are expressed in the brain, although fibroblast growth factor-1 and ciliary neurotrophic factor showed no binding. Kinetic analysis revealed high affinity binding of these growth factors and, for the first time, of the neurotrophic factors. Competitive inhibition revealed the involvement of both IdoUA and GlcUA in the binding of these growth factors, suggesting the importance of the hybrid nature of CS-H for the efficient binding of these growth factors. These findings, together with those from the recent analysis of brain CS/DS chains from neonatal mouse and embryonic pig (Bao, X., Nishimura, S., Mikami, T., Yamada, S., Itoh, N., and Sugahara, K. (2004) J. Biol. Chem. 279, 9765-9776), suggest physiological roles of the hybrid chains in the development of the brain.
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- Chilkunda D Nandini
- Department of Biochemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-8558, Japan
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Nandini CD, Itoh N, Sugahara K. Novel 70-kDa chondroitin sulfate/dermatan sulfate hybrid chains with a unique heterogeneous sulfation pattern from shark skin, which exhibit neuritogenic activity and binding activities for growth factors and neurotrophic factors. J Biol Chem 2004; 280:4058-69. [PMID: 15557276 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m412074200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Chondroitin sulfate (CS) and dermatan sulfate (DS) hybrid chains of proteoglycans are critical in growth factor binding, neuritogenesis, and brain development. Here we isolated CS/DS hybrid chains from shark skin aiming to develop therapeutic agents. Digestion with various chondroitinases showed that both GlcUA- and IdoUA-containing disaccharides are scattered along the polysaccharide chains with an unusually large average molecular mass of 70 kDa. The CS/DS chains were separated into major (80%) and minor (20%) fractions by anion-exchange chromatography. Both fractions had relatively low degrees of sulfation (sulfate/disaccharide molar ratio=1.17 versus 0.87), showing a unique feature compared with the marine CS and DS isolated to date, most of which are oversulfated. They were highly heterogeneous and characterized by multiple disaccharides including GlcUA-GalNAc, GlcUA-GalNAc(6S), GlcUA-GalNAc(4S), IdoUA-GalNAc(4S), GlcUA-GalNAc(4S,6S), IdoUA-GalNAc(4S,6S), GlcUA(2S)-GalNAc(6S), and/or IdoUA(2S)-GalNAc(6S), IdoUA(2S)-GalNAc(4S) and novel GlcUA(2S)-GalNAc(4S), where 2S, 4S, and 6S represent 2-O-, 4-O- and 6-O-sulfate, respectively. The CS/DS chains bound two neurotrophic factors and various growth factors expressed in the brain with high affinity as evaluated for the major fraction by kinetic analysis using a surface plasmon resonance detector, and also promoted the outgrowth of neurites of both an axonic and a dendritic nature. The neuritogenic activity was abolished completely by digestion with chondroitinase ABC, AC-I, or B, suggesting the importance of both GlcUA- and IdoUA-containing moieties. It also showed anti-heparin cofactor II activity comparable to that exhibited by DS from porcine skin. Thus, by virtue of its unique structure and biological activities, DS will find a potential use in therapeutics.
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- Chilkunda D Nandini
- Department of Biochemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-8558, Japan
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Bao X, Nishimura S, Mikami T, Yamada S, Itoh N, Sugahara K. Chondroitin Sulfate/Dermatan Sulfate Hybrid Chains from Embryonic Pig Brain, Which Contain a Higher Proportion of L-Iduronic Acid than Those from Adult Pig Brain, Exhibit Neuritogenic and Growth Factor Binding Activities. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:9765-76. [PMID: 14699094 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m310877200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We have shown that over-sulfated chondroitin sulfate/dermatan sulfate (CS/DS) chains from various marine organisms exhibit growth factor binding activities and neurite outgrowth-promoting activities in embryonic mouse hippocampal neurons in vitro. In this study we demonstrated that CS/DS hybrid chains purified from embryonic pig brain displayed marked neuritogenic activity and growth factor binding activities toward fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2), FGF10, FGF18, pleiotrophin, and midkine, all of which exhibit neuroregulatory activities in the brain. In contrast, the CS/DS preparation from adult pig brain showed considerably less activity to bind these growth factors and no neuritogenic activity. Structural analysis indicated that the average size of the CS/DS chains was similar (40 kDa) between these two preparations, but the disaccharide compositions differed considerably, with a significant proportion of l-iduronic acid (IdoUA)-containing disaccharides (8 approximately 9%) in the CS/DS chains from embryos but not in those from adults (<1%). Interestingly, both neurite outgrowth-promoting activity and growth factor binding activities of the CS/DS chains from embryos were abolished by digestion not only with chondroitinase ABC but also with chondroitinase B, suggesting that the IdoUA-containing motifs are essential for these activities. These findings imply that the temporal expression of CS/DS hybrid structures containing both GlcUA and IdoUA and binding activities toward various growth factors play important roles in neurogenesis in the early stages of the development of the brain.
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- Xingfeng Bao
- Department of Biochemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Japan
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Hikino M, Mikami T, Faissner A, Vilela-Silva ACES, Pavão MSG, Sugahara K. Oversulfated dermatan sulfate exhibits neurite outgrowth-promoting activity toward embryonic mouse hippocampal neurons: implications of dermatan sulfate in neuritogenesis in the brain. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:43744-54. [PMID: 12917413 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m308169200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Brain-specific chondroitin sulfate (CS) proteoglycan (PG) DSD-1-PG/6B4-PG/phosphacan isolated from neonatal mouse brains exhibits neurite outgrowth-promoting activity toward embryonic rat and mouse hippocampal neurons in vitro through the so-called DSD-1 epitope embedded in its glycosaminoglycan side chains. Oversulfated CS variants, CS-D from shark cartilage and CS-E from squid cartilage, also possess similar activities. We have proposed that the neuritogenic property of the DSD-1 epitope may be attributable to a distinct CS structure characterized by the disulfated D disaccharide unit [GlcUA(2S)-GalNAc(6S)]. In this study, we assessed neuritogenic potencies of various oversulfated dermatan sulfate (DS) preparations purified from hagfish notochord, the bodies of two kinds of ascidians and embryonic sea urchin, which are characterized by the predominant disulfated disaccharide units of [IdoUA-GalNAc(4S,6S)] (68%), [IdoUA(2S)-GalNAc(4S)] (66%) plus [IdoUA(2S)-GalNAc(6S)] (5%), [IdoUA(2S)-GalNAc (6S)] (>90%), and [IdoUA-GalNAc(4S,6S)] (74%), respectively. They exerted marked neurite outgrowth-promoting activities, resulting in distinct morphological features depending on the individual structural features. Such activities were not observed for a less sulfated DS preparation derived from porcine skin, which has a monosulfated disaccharide unit [IdoUA-Gal-NAc(4S)] as a predominant unit. The neurite outgrowth-promoting activities of these oversulfated DS preparations and DSD-1-PG were eliminated by the specific enzymatic cleavage of GalNAc-IdoUA linkages characteristic of DS using chondroitinase B. In addition, chemical analysis of the glycosaminoglycan side chains of DSD-1-PG revealed the DS-type structures. These observations suggest potential novel neurobiological functions of oversulfated DS structures and may reflect the physiological neuritogenesis during brain development by mammalian oversulfated DS structures exemplified by the DSD-1 epitope.
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- Megumi Hikino
- Department of Biochemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-8558, Japan
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Mikami T, Mizumoto S, Kago N, Kitagawa H, Sugahara K. Specificities of three distinct human chondroitin/dermatan N-acetylgalactosamine 4-O-sulfotransferases demonstrated using partially desulfated dermatan sulfate as an acceptor: implication of differential roles in dermatan sulfate biosynthesis. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:36115-27. [PMID: 12847091 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m306044200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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4-O-Sulfation of GalNAc is a high frequency modification of chondroitin sulfate and dermatan sulfate (DS), and three major GalNAc 4-O-sulfotransferases including dermatan 4-O-sulfotransferase-1 (D4ST-1) and chondroitin 4-O-sulfotransferases-1 and -2 (C4ST-1 and -2) have been identified. 4-O-Sulfation of GalNAc during DS biosynthesis had long been postulated to be a prerequisite for iduronic acid (IdoUA) formation by C5-epimerization of GlcUA. This hypothesis has recently been argued based on enzymological studies using microsomes that C5-epimerization precedes 4-O-sulfation, which was further supported by the specificity of the cloned D4ST-1 with predominant preference for IdoUA-GalNAc flanked by GlcUA-GalNAc over IdoUA-GalNAc flanked by IdoUA-GalNAc in exhaustively desulfated dermatan. Whereas the counterproposal explains the initial reactions, apparently it cannot rationalize the synthetic mechanism of IdoUA-GalNAc(4-O-sulfate)-rich clusters typical of mature DS chains. In this study, we examined detailed specificities of the three recombinant human 4-O-sulfotransferases using partially desulfated DS as an acceptor. Enzymatic analysis of the transferase reaction products showed that D4ST-1 far more efficiently transferred sulfate to GalNAc residues in -IdoUA-Gal-NAc-IdoUA-than in -GlcUA-GalNAc-GlcUA-sequences. In contrast, C4ST-1 showed the opposite preference, and C4ST-2 used GalNAc residues in both sequences to comparable degrees, being consistent with its phylogenetic relations to D4ST-1 and C4ST-1. Structural analysis of the oligosaccharides, which were isolated after chondroitinase AC-I digestion of the 35S-labeled transferase reaction products, revealed for the first time that D4ST-1, as compared with C4ST-1 and C4ST-2, most efficiently utilized GalNAc residues located not only in the sequence -IdoUA-GalNAc-IdoUA- but also in -GlcUA-Gal-NAc-IdoUA- and -IdoUA-GalNAc-GlcUA-. The isolated oligosaccharide structures also suggest that 4-O-sulfation promotes subsequent 4-O-sulfation of GalNAc in the neighboring disaccharide unit.
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- Tadahisa Mikami
- Department of Biochemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-8558, Japan
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Tamura JI, Yamaguchi A, Tanaka J. Synthesis of betaglycan-type tetraosyl hexapeptide: a possible precursor regulating enzymatic elongation toward heparin. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2002; 12:1901-3. [PMID: 12113804 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-894x(02)00327-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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TETRAOSYL HEXAPEPTIDE, A PART OF THE SEQUENCE OF BETAGLYCAN: beta-D-GlcA-(1-->3)-beta-D-Gal-(1-->3)-beta-D-Gal-(1-->4)-beta-D-Xyl-(1-->O-SerGlyTrpProAspGly (1), which was designed as a probe for glycan elongation toward heparin, was synthesized in a stereocontrolled manner.
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- Jun-ichi Tamura
- Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Education & Regional Sciences, Tottori University, Japan.
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Ueno M, Yamada S, Zako M, Bernfield M, Sugahara K. Structural characterization of heparan sulfate and chondroitin sulfate of syndecan-1 purified from normal murine mammary gland epithelial cells. Common phosphorylation of xylose and differential sulfation of galactose in the protein linkage region tetrasaccharide sequence. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:29134-40. [PMID: 11384972 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m102089200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Syndecan-1, present on the surfaces of normal murine mammary gland epithelial cells, is a transmembrane hybrid proteoglycan, which bears glycosaminoglycan (GAG) side chains of heparan sulfate (HS) and chondroitin sulfate (CS). Purified syndecan-1 ectodomains were analyzed for disaccharide composition and the GAG-protein linkage region after digestion with bacterial lyases. The HS chains contained predominantly a nonsulfated unit with smaller proportions of two monosulfated, two disulfated, and a trisulfated unit, whereas CS chains were demonstrated for the first time to bear GlcUA-GalNAc(4-O-sulfate) as a major component as well as GlcUA-GalNAc, GlcUA-GalNAc(6-O-sulfate), and an E disaccharide unit GlcUA-GalNAc(4,6-O-disulfate) as minor yet appreciable components. Two kinds of linkage region tetrasaccharides, GlcUA-Gal-Gal-Xyl and GlcUA-Gal-Gal-Xyl(2-O-phosphate), were found for the HS chains in a molar ratio of 55:45. In marked contrast, an additional sulfated tetrasaccharide, GlcUA-Gal(4-O-sulfate)-Gal-Xyl, was demonstrated only for the CS chains, and the unmodified phosphorylated and sulfated components were present at a molar ratio of 55:26:19. The present study thus provided conclusive evidence for the hypothesis that 4-O-sulfation of Gal is peculiar to CS chains in contrast to the phosphorylation of Xyl, which is common to both HS and CS chains. These modifications may be required for biosynthetic maturation of the linkage region tetrasaccharide sequence, which is a prerequisite for creating the repeating disaccharide region of GAG chains and/or biosynthetic selective chain assembly of CS and HS chains.
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- M Ueno
- Department of Biochemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-8558, Japan
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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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Sugars, Polysaccharides, and Glycoproteins. Biochemistry 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-012492543-4/50007-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Metzler DE, Metzler CM, Sauke DJ. Some Pathways of Carbohydrate Metabolism. Biochemistry 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-012492543-4/50023-4] [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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Lauder RM, Huckerby TN, Nieduszynski IA. Increased incidence of unsulphated and 4-sulphated residues in the chondroitin sulphate linkage region observed by high-pH anion-exchange chromatography. Biochem J 2000; 347:339-48. [PMID: 10749661 PMCID: PMC1220964 DOI: 10.1042/0264-6021:3470339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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We report the isolation, characterization and quantification of five octasaccharides, four hexasaccharides and two tetrasaccharides, derived from the chondroitin sulphate (CS) linkage region of 6-8-year-old bovine articular cartilage aggrecan, following digestion with chondroitin ABC endolyase. Using a novel high-pH anion-exchange chromatography (HPAEC) method, in conjunction with one- and two-dimensional (1)H-NMR spectroscopy, we have identified the following basic structure for the CS linkage region of aggrecan: DeltaUA(beta1-3)GalNAc[0S/4S/6S](beta1-4)GlcA(beta1-3)GalNAc[0S/4S/6S](beta1-4)GlcA(beta1-3)Gal[0S/6S](beta1-3)Gal(beta1-4)Xyl, where DeltaUA represents 4,5-unsaturated hexuronic acid, and 4S and 6S represent an O-ester sulphate group on C-4 and C-6 respectively. The octa-, hexa- and tetra-saccharide linkage region fragments were used to develop a HPAEC fingerprinting method, with detection at A(232 nm), and a linear response to approx. 0.1 nmol of substance. The sulphation patterns of CS linkage regions, of up to octasaccharide in size, from articular and tracheal cartilage aggrecan were examined. The results show that in articular cartilage, for the majority (53%) of octasaccharides the 2-deoxy-2-N-acetyl amino-D-galactose (GalNAc) residues closest to the linkage region are both 6-sulphated; however, in a significant portion (34%), one or more of these GalNAc residues are unsulphated, and in 8% both are unsulphated. Approximately 10-18% of the chains have a 4-sulphated GalNAc in the first disaccharide, and 12% have a sulphated linkage region Gal residue. No evidence was found for uronic acid sulphation. These data show that there is a significant increase in the incidence of unsulphated and 4-sulphated GalNAc residues adjacent to the linkage region compared with the rest of the chain. Bovine tracheal cartilage linkage regions displayed very similar sulphation profiles to those from articular cartilage, despite the presence of a higher level of GalNAc 4-sulphation within the repeat region of the main CS chain.
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- R M Lauder
- Department of Biological Sciences, Lancaster University, Bailrigg, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, UK.
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Lauder RM, Huckerby TN, Nieduszynski IA. A fingerprinting method for chondroitin/dermatan sulfate and hyaluronan oligosaccharides. Glycobiology 2000; 10:393-401. [PMID: 10764827 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/10.4.393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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A previously published method for the analysis of glycosaminoglycan disaccharides by high pH anion exchange chromatography (Midura,R.J., Salustri,A., Calabro,A., Yanagishita,M. and Hascall,V.C. (1994), Glycobiology,4, 333-342) has been modified and calibrated for chondroitin and dermatan sulfate oligosaccharides up to hexasaccharide in size and hyaluronan oligosaccharides up to hexadecasaccharide. For hyaluronan oligosaccharides chain length controls elution position; however, for chondroitin and dermatan sulfate oligosaccharides elution times primarily depend upon the level of sulfation, although chain length and hence charge density plays a role. The sulfation position of GalNAc residues within an oligosaccharide is also important in determining its elution position. Compared to 4-sulfation a reducing terminal 6-sulfate retards elution; however, when present on an internal GalNAc residue it is the 4-sulfate containing oligosaccharide which elutes later. These effects allow discrimination between oligosaccharides differing only in the position of GalNAc sulfation. Using this simple methodology, a Dionex CarboPac PA-1 column with NaOH/NaCl eluents and detection by absorbance at 232 nm, a quantitative analytical fingerprint of a chondroitin/dermatan sulfate chain may be obtained, allowing a determination of the abundance of chondroitin sulfate, dermatan sulfate, and hyaluronan along with an analysis of structural features with a linear response to approximately 0.1 nmol. The method may readily be calibrated using either commercial disaccharides or the di- and tetrasaccharide products of a limit digest of commercial chondroitin sulfate by chondroitin ABC endolyase. Commercially available and freshly prepared shark, whale, bovine, and human cartilage chondroitin sulfates have been examined by this methodology and we have confirmed that freshly isolated shark cartilage CS contains significant amounts of the biologically important GlcA2Sbeta(1-3)GalNAc6S structure.
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- R M Lauder
- Department of Biological Sciences, Institute of Environmental and Natural Sciences, Lancaster University, Bailrigg, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, UK
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Falshaw R, Hubl U, Ofman D, Slim G, Amjad Tariq M, Watt D, Yorke S. Comparison of the glycosaminoglycans isolated from the skin and head cartilage of Gould's arrow squid (Nototodarus gouldi). Carbohydr Polym 2000. [DOI: 10.1016/s0144-8617(99)00103-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Proteoglycans are widely expressed in animal cells. Interactions between negatively charged glycosaminoglycan chains and molecules such as growth factors are essential for differentiation of cells during development and maintenance of tissue organisation. We propose that glycosaminoglycan chains play a role in targeting of proteoglycans to their proper cellular or extracellular location. The variability seen in glycosaminoglycan chain structure from cell type to cell type, which is acquired by use of particular Ser-Gly sites in the protein core, might therefore be important for post-synthesis sorting. This links regulation of glycosaminoglycan synthesis to the post-Golgi fate of proteoglycans.
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- K Prydz
- Department of Biochemistry and Institute for Nutrition Research, University of Oslo, Norway.
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Yamada S, Van Die I, Van den Eijnden DH, Yokota A, Kitagawa H, Sugahara K. Demonstration of glycosaminoglycans in Caenorhabditis elegans. FEBS Lett 1999; 459:327-31. [PMID: 10526159 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(99)01286-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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A considerable amount (approximately 1.6 microg from 1 mg of dried nematode) of non-sulfated chondroitin, two orders of magnitude less yet an appreciable amount of heparan sulfate, and no hyaluronate were found in Caenorhabditis elegans nematodes. The chondroitin chains were heterogeneous in size, being shorter than that of whale cartilage chondroitin sulfate. The disaccharide composition analysis of heparan sulfate revealed diverse sulfation including glucosamine 2-N-sulfation, glucosamine 6-O-sulfation and uronate 2-O-sulfation. These results imply that chondroitin and heparan sulfate are involved in fundamental biological processes.
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- S Yamada
- Department of Biochemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, 4-19-1 Motoyamakita-machi, Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Japan
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Nadanaka S, Fujita M, Sugahara K. Demonstration of a novel sulfotransferase in fetal bovine serum, which transfers sulfate to the C6 position of the GalNAc residue in the sequence iduronic acid alpha1-3GalNAc beta1-4iduronic acid in dermatan sulfate. FEBS Lett 1999; 452:185-9. [PMID: 10386587 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(99)00597-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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A novel sulfotransferase activity was discovered in fetal bovine serum using pig skin dermatan sulfate as an acceptor and [35S]3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphosulfate as a sulfate donor. The enzyme was separated from chondroitin:GalNAc 6-O-sulfotransferase by chromatographic techniques. Enzymatic analysis of the reaction products demonstrated that the enzyme transferred sulfate to the C6 position of the GalNAc residue in the sequence -iduronic acid alpha1-3GalNAc beta1-4iduronic acid-. Thus, the enzyme has been identified as a hitherto unreported dermatan sulfate:GalNAc 6-O-sulfotransferase. The finding is in sharp contrast to the current concept that in dermatan sulfate biosynthesis GalNAc 4-O-sulfation is a prerequisite for iduronic acid formation by C5 epimerase.
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- S Nadanaka
- Department of Biochemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Japan
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Ueoka C, Nadanaka S, Seno N, Khoo KH, Sugahara K. Structural determination of novel tetra- and hexasaccharide sequences isolated from chondroitin sulfate H (oversulfated dermatan sulfate) of hagfish notochord. Glycoconj J 1999; 16:291-305. [PMID: 10579698 DOI: 10.1023/a:1007022229813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Oversulfated chondroitin sulfate H (CS-H) isolated from hagfish notochord is a unique dermatan sulfate consisting mainly of IdoAalpha1-3GalNAc(4S,6S), where IdoA, GalNAc, 4S and 6S represent L-iduronic acid, Nacetyl-D-galactosamine, 4-O-sulfate and 6-O-sulfate, respectively. Several tetra- and hexasccharide fractions were isolated from CS-H after partial digestion with bacterial chondroitinase B to investigate the sequential arrangement of the IdoAalpha1-3GalNAc(4S,6S) unit in the CS-H polysaccharide. A structural analysis of the isolated oligosaccharides by enzymatic digestions, mass spectrometry and 1H NMR spectroscopy demonstrated that the major tetrasaccharides shared the common disulfated core structure delta4,5HexAalpha1-3GalNAc(4S)beta1-4IdoAalpha1-3 GalNAc (4S) with 0 approximately 3 additional O-sulfate groups, where delta4,5HexA represents 4-deoxy-alpha-L-threo-hex-4-enepyranosyluronic acid. The major hexasaccharides shared the common trisulfated core structure delta4,5HexAalpha1-3 GalNAc(4S)beta1-4 IdoAalpha1-3 GalNAc(4S)beta1-4IdoAalpha1-3 GalNAc(4S) with 1 approximately 4 additional O-sulfate groups. Some extra sulfate groups in both tetra- and hexasaccharides were located at the C-2 position of a delta4,5HexA or an internal IdoA residue, or C-6 position of 4-O-sulfated GalNAc residues, forming the unique disulfated or trisulfated disaccharide units, IdoA (2S)-GalNAc(4S), IdoA-GalNAc(4S,6S) and IdoA (2S)-GalNAc(4S,6S), where 2S represents 2-O-sulfate. Of the demonstrated sequences, five tetra- and four hexasaccharide sequences containing these units were novel.
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- C Ueoka
- Department of Biochemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Japan
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Bai X, Wei G, Sinha A, Esko JD. Chinese hamster ovary cell mutants defective in glycosaminoglycan assembly and glucuronosyltransferase I. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:13017-24. [PMID: 10224052 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.19.13017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The proteoglycans of animal cells typically contain one or more heparan sulfate or chondroitin sulfate chains. These glycosaminoglycans assemble on a tetrasaccharide primer, -GlcAbeta1, 3Galbeta1,3Galbeta1,4Xylbeta-O-, attached to specific serine residues in the core protein. Studies of Chinese hamster ovary cell mutants defective in the first or second enzymes of the pathway (xylosyltransferase and galactosyltransferase I) show that the assembly of the primer occurs by sequential transfer of single monosaccharide residues from the corresponding high energy nucleotide sugar donor to the non-reducing end of the growing chain. In order to study the other reactions involved in linkage tetrasaccharide assembly, we have devised a powerful selection method based on induced resistance to a mitotoxin composed of basic fibroblast growth factor-saporin. One class of mutants does not incorporate 35SO4 and [6-3H]GlcN into glycosaminoglycan chains. Incubation of these cells with naphthol-beta-D-xyloside (Xylbeta-O-Np) resulted in accumulation of linkage region intermediates containing 1 or 2 mol of galactose (Galbeta1, 4Xylbeta-O-Np and Galbeta1, 3Galbeta1, 4Xylbeta-O-Np) and sialic acid (Siaalpha2,3Galbeta1, 3Galbeta1, 4Xylbeta-O-Np) but not any GlcA-containing oligosaccharides. Extracts of the mutants completely lacked UDP-glucuronic acid:Galbeta1,3Gal-R glucuronosyltransferase (GlcAT-I) activity, as measured by the transfer of GlcA from UDP-GlcA to Galbeta1,3Galbeta-O-naphthalenemethanol (<0.2 versus 3.6 pmol/min/mg). The mutation most likely lies in the structural gene encoding GlcAT-I since transfection of the mutant with a cDNA for GlcAT-I completely restored enzyme activity and glycosaminoglycan synthesis. These findings suggest that a single GlcAT effects the biosynthesis of common linkage region of both heparan sulfate and chondroitin sulfate in Chinese hamster ovary cells.
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- X Bai
- Division of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Glycobiology Program, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0687, USA
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Tsuda H, Yamada S, Miyazono H, Morikawa K, Yoshida K, Goto F, Tamura JI, Neumann KW, Ogawa T, Sugahara K. Substrate specificity studies of Flavobacterium chondroitinase C and heparitinases towards the glycosaminoglycan--protein linkage region. Use of a sensitive analytical method developed by chromophore-labeling of linkage glycoserines using dimethylaminoazobenzenesulfonyl chloride. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1999; 262:127-33. [PMID: 10231373 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00348.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Bacterial chondroitinases and heparitinases are potentially useful tools for structural studies of chondroitin sulfate and heparin/heparan sulfate. Substrate specificities of Flavobacterium chondroitinase C, as well as heparitinases I and II, towards the glycosaminoglycan-protein linkage region -HexA-HexNAc-GlcA-Gal-Gal-Xyl-Ser (where HexA represents glucuronic acid or iduronic acid and HexNAc represents N-acetylgalactosamine or N-acetylglucosamine) were investigated using various structurally defined oligosaccharides or oligosaccharide-serines derived from the linkage region. In the case of oligosaccharide-serines, they were labeled with a chromophore dimethylaminoazobenzenesulfonyl chloride (DABS-Cl), which stably reacted with the amino group of the serine residue and rendered high absorbance for microanalysis. Chondroitinase C cleaved the GalNAc bond of the pentasaccharides or hexasaccharides derived from the linkage region of chondroitin sulfate chains and tolerated sulfation of the C-4 or C-6 of the GalNAc residue and C-6 of the Gal residues, as well as 2-O-phosphorylation of the Xyl residue. In contrast, it did not act on the GalNAc-GlcA linkage when attached to a 4-O-sulfated Gal residue. Heparitinase I cleaved the innermost glucosaminidic bond of the linkage region oligosaccharide-serines of heparin/heparan sulfate irrespective of substitution by uronic acid, whereas heparitinase II acted only on the glucosaminidic linkages of the repeating disaccharide region, but not on the innermost glucosaminidic linkage. These defined specificities of chondroitinase C, as well as heparitinases I and II, will be useful for preparation and structural analysis of the linkage oligosaccharides.
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- H Tsuda
- Department of Biochemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Kobe, Tokyo, Japan
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Kinoshita A, Sugahara K. Microanalysis of glycosaminoglycan-derived oligosaccharides labeled with a fluorophore 2-aminobenzamide by high-performance liquid chromatography: application to disaccharide composition analysis and exosequencing of oligosaccharides. Anal Biochem 1999; 269:367-78. [PMID: 10222012 DOI: 10.1006/abio.1999.4027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 182] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A series of disaccharides derived from chondroitin sulfate and heparin/heparan sulfate were derivatized at their reducing ends with a fluorophore 2-aminobenzamide to develop a sensitive microanalytical method for glycosaminoglycans. The resulting labeled compounds derived from chondroitin sulfate or heparin/heparan sulfate were well-separated and quantified by HPLC equipped with a fluorescence detector. The detection limit was a low picomole level. This method was applied to the analysis of the disaccharide composition of tetra- and hexasaccharides derived from chondroitin sulfate and heparin/heparan sulfate as well as these glycosaminoglycan polysaccharides. The method was also successfully applied to the exosequencing of chondrohexasaccharides, where the fluorophore-labeled oligosaccharides were degraded exolytically from the nonreducing ends using bacterial eliminases. The resultant labeled fragments were identified by HPLC.
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- A Kinoshita
- Department of Biochemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Kobe, Higashinada-ku, 658-8558, Japan
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Moses J, Oldberg A, Cheng F, Fransson LA. Biosynthesis of the proteoglycan decorin--transient 2-phosphorylation of xylose during formation of the trisaccharide linkage region. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1997; 248:521-6. [PMID: 9346311 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00521.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Phosphorylation of decorin was investigated by incubating a rat fibroblast cell line with radiolabelled phosphate and carbohydrate precursors. There was a transient phosphorylation of the linkage-region saccharides in intracellular decorin prior to assembly of the galactosaminoglycan chain. Phosphorylation gradually increased from xylosylated, galactosyl-xylosylated to galactosyl-galactosyl-xylosylated core protein where all trisaccharide stubs were phosphorylated. Addition of the first glucuronate residue was accompanied by rapid dephosphorylation. Brefeldin A treatment resulted in segregation of galactosaminoglycan synthesis and dephosphorylation. Enzymatic degradation of brefeldin-A-arrested immature proteoglycan with incomplete galactosaminoglycan chain [Moses, J., Oldberg, A., Eklund, E. & Fransson, L.-A. (1997) Eur. J. Biochem., in the press] by using chondroitin AC lyase and chondro-glycuronidase, followed by beta-galactosidase treatment, demonstrated the sequence galactosyl-galactosyl-phosphoxylose. The xylose was resistant to direct periodate oxidation, but sensitive after treatment with alkaline phosphatase, showing that the phosphate was located at C2 of xylose. The transient 2-phosphorylation of xylose may be involved in intracellular transport and/or in the control of modifications of the glycan chain.
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- J Moses
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculties of Odontology, Lund University, Sweden.
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Kinoshita A, Yamada S, Haslam SM, Morris HR, Dell A, Sugahara K. Novel tetrasaccharides isolated from squid cartilage chondroitin sulfate E contain unusual sulfated disaccharide units GlcA(3-O-sulfate)beta1-3GalNAc(6-O-sulfate) or GlcA(3-O-sulfate)beta1-3GalNAc. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:19656-65. [PMID: 9242620 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.32.19656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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We previously isolated novel tetrasaccharides containing 3-O-sulfated glucuronic acid from king crab cartilage chondroitin sulfate K and demonstrated that the disaccharide units containing 3-O-sulfated glucuronic acid were decomposed by chondroitinase ABC digestion (Sugahara, K., Tanaka, Y., Yamada, S., Seno, N., Kitagawa, H., Haslam, S. M., Morris, H. R., and Dell, A. (1996) J. Biol. Chem. 271, 26745-26754). The findings indicated the necessity to re-evaluate the disaccharide compositions of chondroitin sulfate preparations purified from other biological sources and analyzed using the above enzyme. In this study, to evaluate squid cartilage chondroitin sulfate E a series of even-numbered oligosaccharides were isolated after exhaustive digestion with sheep testicular hyaluronidase and subsequent fractionation by gel chromatography. The tetrasaccharide fraction was subfractionated by high performance liquid chromatography on an amine-bound silica column. Systematic structural analysis of five major fractions, h, l, m, n, and q, by fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry, enzymatic digestions in conjunction with capillary electrophoresis, and 500-MHz 1H NMR spectroscopy revealed one disulfated, three trisulfated, and one tetrasulfated tetrasaccharide structure: fraction h, GlcAbeta1-3GalNAc(4S)beta1-4GlcAbeta1-3GalNAc(4S); fraction l, GlcA(3S)beta1-3GalNAc(6S)beta1-4GlcAbeta1-3GalNAc(4S); fraction m, GlcA(3S)beta1-3GalNAc(4S)beta1-4GlcAbeta1-3GalNAc(4S); fraction n, GlcAbeta1-3GalNAc(4S,6S)beta1-4GlcAbeta1-3GalNAc(4S); and fraction q, GlcA(3S)beta1-3GalNAc(4S,6S)beta1-4GlcAbeta1-3GalNAc(4S), where 3S, 4S, and 6S represent 3-O-, 4-O- and 6-O-sulfate, respectively. The structures found in fractions h and m as well as the unsaturated counterpart of that found in fraction n have been reported, whereas those in fractions l and q are novel in that they contained unusual disulfated and trisulfated disaccharide units where GlcA(3S) is directly linked to GalNAc(6S) and GalNAc(4S,6S), respectively. These novel tetrasaccharide sequences are distinct from those found in other chondroitin sulfate isoforms and may play key roles in the biological functions and activities of chondroitin sulfate E not only from squid cartilage but also from mammalian cells and tissues.
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- A Kinoshita
- Department of Biochemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658, Japan
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Cheng F, Havsmark B, Sakurai K, Habuchi H, Suzuki S, Yoshida K, Fransson LA. Effects of primer-concentration on uronosyl-epimerization and sulfation patterns in p-hydroxyphenyl-O-beta-D-xylopyranoside-primed galactosaminoglycans produced by skin fibroblasts. Glycoconj J 1997; 14:297-305. [PMID: 9111148 DOI: 10.1023/a:1018562426363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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By supplying skin fibroblasts with different concentrations of the galactosaminoglycan chain-primer p-hydroxyphenyl-O-beta-D-xylopyranoside we have produced and recovered glycan-chains that were subsequently radio-iodinated in the hydroxyphenyl group and subjected to sequence analysis by using graded enzymic treatment followed by a combination of gel chromatography and electrophoresis. Fragments extending from the tagged reducing end to the cleavage-point were identified and quantified. Degradation by chondroitin B lyase of chains primed at 0.1 or 0.5 mM xyloside gave profiles indicating a periodic and wave-like distribution of iduronate-containing repeats, with high incidence around positions 2, 5 and onwards, whereas in chains produced at 1.0 mM xyloside the incidence of iduronate was similar in positions 1-4 and then declined. Degradation by chondroitin AC lyase indicated a high incidence of glucuronate in or near the linkage-region. There was a relatively uniform degree of sulfation in chains primed at low xyloside concentration, whereas chains primed at 1.0 mM xyloside gave very heterogeneous charge-patterns in all segments of the chain, including the linkage-region, giving the impression that adequate sulfation, probably at C-4 and at the first opportunity, is necessary to obtain an ordered and periodic epimerization pattern.
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- F Cheng
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Lund University, Sweden
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Sugahara K, Tanaka Y, Yamada S, Seno N, Kitagawa H, Haslam SM, Morris HR, Dell A. Novel sulfated oligosaccharides containing 3-O-sulfated glucuronic acid from king crab cartilage chondroitin sulfate K. Unexpected degradation by chondroitinase ABC. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:26745-54. [PMID: 8900154 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.43.26745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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We prepared a series of oligosaccharides from king crab cartilage chondroitin sulfate K after exhaustive digestion with testicular hyaluronidase, and determined the structures of four tetrasaccharides and a pentasaccharide by fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry, high performance liquid chromatography analysis of chondroitinase AC-II digests, and 500-MHz 1H NMR spectroscopy. The tetrasaccharides shared the common core structure GlcAbeta1-3GalNAcbeta1-4GlcAbeta1-3GalNAc with various sulfation profiles. One structure was GlcAbeta1-3GalNAc(4S)beta1-4GlcAbeta1-3GalNAc(4S), whereas three of them have the following hitherto unreported structures including a novel glucuronate 3-O-sulfate: GlcA(3S)beta1-3GalNAc(4S)beta1-4GlcAbeta1-3GalNAc(4S), GlcAbeta1-3GalNAc(4S)beta1-4GlcA(3S)beta1-3GalNAc(4S), and GlcA(3S)beta1-3GalNAc(4S)beta1-4GlcA(3S)beta1-3GalNAc(4S), where 3S or 4S represents 3-O- or 4-O-sulfate, respectively. The structure of the pentasaccharide was determined as GlcA(3S)beta1-3GalNAc(4S)beta1-4GlcA(3S)beta1- 3GalNAc(4S)beta1-4GlcA. Chondroitinase ABC digestion of the tetrasaccharides with GlcA(3S) at the internal position destroyed the disaccharide unit containing GlcA(3S) derived from the reducing side and resulted in only the disaccharide unit from the non-reducing side. In contrast, these tetrasaccharides remained totally resistant to chondroitinase AC-II. The results indicated that it is necessary to reevaluate the disaccharide composition of chondroitin sulfate poly- or oligosaccharides purified from various biological sources, since they were usually determined after chondroitinase ABC digestion. It is probable that the structures containing GlcA(3S) would not have been detected.
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- K Sugahara
- Department of Biochemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658, Japan
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