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Song SC, Ren BD, Wu XW, Xie YF, Cheng B, Wei Q, Pang WH, Wu ZK, Zhang XJ, Li XL, Xiao WL. Asiaticasics A-O, structurally intriguing coumarins from Toddalia asiatica with potential inflammatory inhibitory activity. Phytochemistry 2024; 221:114042. [PMID: 38417721 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2024.114042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2023] [Revised: 02/23/2024] [Accepted: 02/25/2024] [Indexed: 03/01/2024]
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Ethyl acetate fraction of Toddalia asiatica was fractionated to yield fifteen previously undescribed prenylated coumarins, asiaticasics A-O (1-15) along with nine (16-24) known derivatives. The structures of these undescribed coumarins were established by spectroscopic analysis and reference data. Biological activity evaluation showed that compound 3 with the IC50 value of 2.830 μM and compound 12 with the IC50 value of 0.682 μM owned anti-inflammatory activity by detecting the rate of lactate dehydrogenase release in pyroptosis J774A.1 cells. The results showed that the expression of Caspase-1 and IL-1β was decreased in a dose-dependent manner in the compound 12 treatment group, suggesting that compound 12 may reduce pyroptosis by inhibiting NLRP3 inflammasome. To further determine that compound 12 treatment can inhibit macrophage pyroptosis, morphological observation was performed and the results were consistent with the bioactivity evaluation.
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- Si-Chen Song
- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource of Ministry of Education, Yunnan Characteristic Plant Extraction Laboratory, Yunnan Research & Development Center for Natural Products, School of Chemical Science and Technology, and School of Pharmacy, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource of Ministry of Education, Yunnan Characteristic Plant Extraction Laboratory, Yunnan Research & Development Center for Natural Products, School of Chemical Science and Technology, and School of Pharmacy, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource of Ministry of Education, Yunnan Characteristic Plant Extraction Laboratory, Yunnan Research & Development Center for Natural Products, School of Chemical Science and Technology, and School of Pharmacy, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource of Ministry of Education, Yunnan Characteristic Plant Extraction Laboratory, Yunnan Research & Development Center for Natural Products, School of Chemical Science and Technology, and School of Pharmacy, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource of Ministry of Education, Yunnan Characteristic Plant Extraction Laboratory, Yunnan Research & Development Center for Natural Products, School of Chemical Science and Technology, and School of Pharmacy, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource of Ministry of Education, Yunnan Characteristic Plant Extraction Laboratory, Yunnan Research & Development Center for Natural Products, School of Chemical Science and Technology, and School of Pharmacy, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource of Ministry of Education, Yunnan Characteristic Plant Extraction Laboratory, Yunnan Research & Development Center for Natural Products, School of Chemical Science and Technology, and School of Pharmacy, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource of Ministry of Education, Yunnan Characteristic Plant Extraction Laboratory, Yunnan Research & Development Center for Natural Products, School of Chemical Science and Technology, and School of Pharmacy, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource of Ministry of Education, Yunnan Characteristic Plant Extraction Laboratory, Yunnan Research & Development Center for Natural Products, School of Chemical Science and Technology, and School of Pharmacy, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, People's Republic of China.
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource of Ministry of Education, Yunnan Characteristic Plant Extraction Laboratory, Yunnan Research & Development Center for Natural Products, School of Chemical Science and Technology, and School of Pharmacy, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, People's Republic of China.
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource of Ministry of Education, Yunnan Characteristic Plant Extraction Laboratory, Yunnan Research & Development Center for Natural Products, School of Chemical Science and Technology, and School of Pharmacy, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, People's Republic of China; Southwest United Graduate School, Kunming, 650592, People's Republic of China.
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Wu XW, Feng QL, Xie YF, Song SC, Cheng B, Ma Y, Li Q, Ji X, Li XL, Cao G, Xiao WL. Diverse diterpenoids from Callicarpa rubella Lindl. As natural inhibitors of macrophage foam cell formation. Phytochemistry 2023:113748. [PMID: 37286023 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2023.113748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2023] [Revised: 05/29/2023] [Accepted: 05/31/2023] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Ten undescribed diterpenoids namely rubellawus E-N of structural types pimarane (1, 3-4), nor-abietane (2), nor-pimarane (5-6), isopimarane (7-9), and nor-isopimarane (10), along with eleven known compounds, were isolated and identified from the aerial parts of Callicarpa rubella Lindl. The structures of the isolated compounds were confirmed by comprehensive spectroscopic analyses and quantum chemical computations. Pharmacologically, almost all the compounds exhibited a potential inhibitory effect on oxidized low-density lipoprotein-induced macrophage foam cell formation, which suggests that these compounds may be promising candidates in the treatment of atherosclerosis.
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- Xue-Wen Wu
- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource of Ministry of Education, Yunnan Characteristic Plant Extraction Laboratory, Yunnan Research & Development Center for Natural Products, School of Chemical Science and Technology, and School of Medicine, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource of Ministry of Education, Yunnan Characteristic Plant Extraction Laboratory, Yunnan Research & Development Center for Natural Products, School of Chemical Science and Technology, and School of Medicine, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource of Ministry of Education, Yunnan Characteristic Plant Extraction Laboratory, Yunnan Research & Development Center for Natural Products, School of Chemical Science and Technology, and School of Medicine, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource of Ministry of Education, Yunnan Characteristic Plant Extraction Laboratory, Yunnan Research & Development Center for Natural Products, School of Chemical Science and Technology, and School of Medicine, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource of Ministry of Education, Yunnan Characteristic Plant Extraction Laboratory, Yunnan Research & Development Center for Natural Products, School of Chemical Science and Technology, and School of Medicine, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource of Ministry of Education, Yunnan Characteristic Plant Extraction Laboratory, Yunnan Research & Development Center for Natural Products, School of Chemical Science and Technology, and School of Medicine, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource of Ministry of Education, Yunnan Characteristic Plant Extraction Laboratory, Yunnan Research & Development Center for Natural Products, School of Chemical Science and Technology, and School of Medicine, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource of Ministry of Education, Yunnan Characteristic Plant Extraction Laboratory, Yunnan Research & Development Center for Natural Products, School of Chemical Science and Technology, and School of Medicine, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource of Ministry of Education, Yunnan Characteristic Plant Extraction Laboratory, Yunnan Research & Development Center for Natural Products, School of Chemical Science and Technology, and School of Medicine, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, PR China; State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan University, Kunming, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource of Ministry of Education, Yunnan Characteristic Plant Extraction Laboratory, Yunnan Research & Development Center for Natural Products, School of Chemical Science and Technology, and School of Medicine, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource of Ministry of Education, Yunnan Characteristic Plant Extraction Laboratory, Yunnan Research & Development Center for Natural Products, School of Chemical Science and Technology, and School of Medicine, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, PR China; State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan University, Kunming, PR China.
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Cheng B, Chen YS, Pu X, Zhao XR, Li Y, Wu XW, Song SC, Bi DW, Nie XY, Zhang XJ, Zhang RH, Xiao WL, Li HL, Li XL. Callicarpnoids A–C, Structurally Intriguing ent-Clerodane Diterpenoid Dimers with Cytotoxicity Against MCF-7 and HCT-116 Cell Lines from Callicarpa arborea Roxb. Bioorg Chem 2022; 129:106111. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2022.106111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2022] [Revised: 08/17/2022] [Accepted: 08/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Song SC, Beatty JA, Wilson CJ. The ionic mechanism of membrane potential oscillations and membrane resonance in striatal LTS interneurons. J Neurophysiol 2016; 116:1752-1764. [PMID: 27440246 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00511.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2016] [Accepted: 07/15/2016] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Striatal low-threshold spiking (LTS) interneurons spontaneously transition to a depolarized, oscillating state similar to that seen after sodium channels are blocked. In the depolarized state, whether spontaneous or induced by sodium channel blockade, the neurons express a 3- to 7-Hz oscillation and membrane impedance resonance in the same frequency range. The membrane potential oscillation and membrane resonance are expressed in the same voltage range (greater than -40 mV). We identified and recorded from LTS interneurons in striatal slices from a mouse that expressed green fluorescent protein under the control of the neuropeptide Y promoter. The membrane potential oscillation depended on voltage-gated calcium channels. Antagonism of L-type calcium currents (CaV1) reduced the amplitude of the oscillation, whereas blockade of N-type calcium currents (CaV2.2) reduced the frequency. Both calcium sources activate a calcium-activated chloride current (CaCC), the blockade of which abolished the oscillation. The blocking of any of these three channels abolished the membrane resonance. Immunohistochemical staining indicated anoctamin 2 (ANO2), and not ANO1, as the CaCC source. Biophysical modeling showed that CaV1, CaV2.2, and ANO2 are sufficient to generate a membrane potential oscillation and membrane resonance, similar to that in LTS interneurons. LTS interneurons exhibit a membrane potential oscillation and membrane resonance that are both generated by CaV1 and CaV2.2 activating ANO2. They can spontaneously enter a state in which the membrane potential oscillation dominates the physiological properties of the neuron.
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- S C Song
- Department of Biology, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas; and
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- Department of Biology, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas; and Department of Physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
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- Department of Biology, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas; and
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Wu AM, Song SC, Tsai MS, Herp A. A Guide to the Carbohydrate Specificities of Applied Lectins-2. The Molecular Immunology of Complex Carbohydrates —2 2001; 491:551-85. [PMID: 14533822 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-1267-7_37] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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- A M Wu
- Glyco-Immunochemistry Research Laboratory, Chang-Gung Medical College, Chang-Gung University, Kwei-San, Tao-Yuan 33332, Taiwan.
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Wu AM, Song SC, Chen YY, Gilboa-Garber N. Defining the carbohydrate specificities of aplysia gonad lectin exhibiting a peculiar D-galacturonic acid affinity. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:14017-24. [PMID: 10799474 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.275.19.14017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Aplysia gonad lectin (AGL), which has been shown to stimulate mitogenesis in human peripheral lymphocytes, to suppress tumor cells, and to induce neurite outgrowth and improve cell viability in cultured Aplysia neurons, exhibits a peculiar galacturonic acid/galactose specificity. The carbohydrate binding site of this lectin was characterized by enzyme-linked lectino-sorbent assay and by inhibition of AGL-glycan interactions. Examination of the lectin binding with 34 glycans revealed that it reacted strongly with the following glycoforms: most human blood group precursor (equivalent) glycoproteins (gps), two Galalpha1-->4Gal-containing gps, and two d-galacturonic acid (GalUA)-containing polysaccharides (pectins from apple and citrus fruits), but poorly with most human blood group A and H active and sialylated gps. Among the GalUA and mammalian saccharides tested for inhibition of AGL-glycan binding, GalUA mono- to trisaccharides were the most potent ones. They were 8.5 x 10(4) times more active than Gal and about 1.5 x 10(3) more active than the human blood group P(k) active disaccharide (E, Galalpha1-->4Gal). This disaccharide was 6, 28, and 120 times more efficient than Galbeta1-->3GlcNAc(I), Galbeta1-->3GalNAc(T), and Galbeta1--> 4GlcNAc (II), respectively, and 35 and 80 times more active than melibiose (Galalpha1-->6Glc) and human blood group B active disaccharide (Galalpha1-->3Gal), respectively, showing that the decreasing order of the lectin affinity toward alpha-anomers of Gal is alpha1-->4 > alpha1-->6 > alpha1-->3. From the data provided, the carbohydrate specificity of AGL can be defined as GalUAalpha1-->4 trisaccharides to mono GalUA > branched or cluster forms of E, I, and II monomeric E, I, and II, whereas GalNAc is inactive.
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- A M Wu
- Glyco-Immunochemistry Research Laboratory, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, School of Medicine, Chang-Gung University, Kwei-san 33332, Taiwan.
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Wu AM, Wu JH, Chen YY, Song SC, Kabat EA. Further characterization of the combining sites of Bandeiraea (Griffonia) simplicifolia lectin-I, isolectin A(4). Glycobiology 1999; 9:1161-70. [PMID: 10536032 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/9.11.1161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Bandeiraea (Griffonia) simplicifolia lectin-I, isolectin A(4)(GS I-A(4)), which is cytotoxic to the human colon cancer cell lines, is one of two lectin families derived from its seed extract. It contains only a homo-oligomer of subunit A, and is most specific for GalNAcalpha1-->. In order to elucidate the GS I-A(4)-glycoconjugate interactions in greater detail, the combining site of this lectin was further characterized by enzyme linked lectino-sorbent assay (ELLSA) and by inhibition of lectin-glycoprotein interactions. This study has demonstrated that the Tn-containing glycoproteins tested, consisting of mammalian salivary glycoproteins (armadillo, asialo-hamster sublingual, asialo-ovine, -bovine, and -porcine submandibular), are bound strongly by GS I-A(4.)Among monovalent inhibitors so far tested, p-NO2-phenylalphaGalNAc is the most potent, suggesting that hydrophobic forces are important in the interaction of this lectin. GS I-A(4)is able to accommodate the monosaccharide GalNAc at the nonreducing end of oligosaccharides. This suggests that the combining site of the lectin is a shallow cavity. Among oligosaccharides and monosaccharides tested as inhibitors of the binding of GS I-A(4), the hierarchy of potencies are: GalNAcalpha1-->3GalNAcbeta1-->3Galalpha1-->4Galbeta 1-->4Glc (Forssman pentasaccharide) > GalNAcalpha1-->3(LFucalpha1-->2)Gal (blood group A)()> GalNAc > Galalpha1-->4Gal > Galalpha1-->3Gal (blood group B-like)> Gal.
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- A M Wu
- Glyco-Immunochemistry Research Lab, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Chang-Gung University, Taiwan
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Two different hydrophilic moieties, carboxyl derivatives of monosaccharidic (Glc, Gal, Man, Fuc) glycosides and methoxypolyethylene glycols of varying MW, were covalently attached to the insulin GlyA1, PheB1 and/or LysB29 amino groups (seven possible derivatives), and resulting insulin conjugates purified to homogeneity. In vivo bioactivity in rats of most derivatives was preserved while disubstituted PEG-insulins showed decreased potency. Only site-specific modification of PheB1 amino group with either moiety resulted in pronouncedly increased resistance of insulin to fibrillation, indicating that the B-chain N-terminus of the insulin molecule is mechanistically involved in the fibrillation process. Immunogenicity in vivo and in vitro of monoglycosylated insulins was comparable to that of insulin, diglycosylated insulins showed immunogenicity enhancement. Immunogenicity of PEG-insulins was significantly suppressed. PheB1-glycosylated insulins administered subcutaneously in dogs displayed extended action profiles, the most effective being PheB1-galactosylated insulin, resembling the pharmacodynamic response of intermediate-acting insulin preparations. The pharmacokinetic parameters of these insulin derivatives were not significantly different from that of insulin even though absorption and residence time and clearance were increased, providing some explanation for prolonged action profile. Lectin-specific binding as a retardation basis is not likely involved. In support of this, subcutaneously administered PheB1-PEG(600)-insulin showed an even more protracted action profile, suggesting that the basis of retardation is physical and nonspecific. This implies that by increasing PEG chain MW, further delay/prolongation of action can be achieved to yield new soluble basal insulin substitutes with potential clinical applications.
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- T Uchio
- Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Utah, Center for Controlled Chemical Delivery, Biomedical Polymers Research Building, Room 205, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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The binding profile of Triticum vulgaris (WGA, wheat germ) agglutinin to 23 O-glycans (GalNAc alpha1-->Ser/Thr containing glycoproteins, GPs) was quantitated by the precipitin assay and its specific interactions with O-glycans were confirmed by the precipitin inhibition assay. Of the 28 glycoforms tested, six complex O-glycans (hog gastric mucins, one human blood group A active and two precursor cyst GPs) reacted strongly with WGA and completely precipitated the lectin added. All of the other human blood group A active O-glycans and human blood group precursor GPs also reacted well with the lectin and precipitated over two-thirds of the agglutinin used. They reacted 4-50 times stronger than N-glycans (asialo-fetuin and asialo-human alpha1 acid GP). The binding of WGA to O-glycans was inhibited by either p-NO2-phenyl alpha,betaGlcNAc or GalNAc. From these results, it is highly possible that cluster (multivalent) effects through the high density of weak inhibitory determinants on glycans, such as GalNAc alpha1-->Ser/Thr (Tn), GalNAc at the nonreducing terminal, GlcNAc beta1--> at the non-reducing end and/or as an internal residue, play important roles in precipitation, while the GlcNAc beta1-->4GlcNAc disaccharide may play a minor role in the precipitation of mammalian glycan-WGA complexes.
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- A M Wu
- Glyco-Immunochemistry Research Lab, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Chang Gung University, Kwei-San, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan
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An antitumor (diamine)platinum moiety was introduced to poly(organophosphazene) by using dicarboxylate spacers, glutamate or aspartate. A liver targeting beta-galactosyl group was also bound to 5-carboxyl-1-pentoxy residue of poly(organophosphazene) by carboxy activation with mixed anhydride method. After characterization of these polymeric conjugates by means of multinuclear (1H, 31P) NMR and IR spectroscopies, elemental analysis and gel-permeation chromatography (GPC), their in vitro hydrolytic behavior were measured by monitoring with GPC in sodium acetate buffer solutions. Hydrolytic properties of the conjugates were dependent on pH and temperature. Over 70% of the platinum moiety was released from the conjugates after incubation for 4 days both in acidic and basic buffer solutions whereas the conjugates were stable in the neutral pH solution.
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- S C Song
- Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 130-650, South Korea
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Wu AM, Wu JH, Watkins WM, Chen CP, Song SC, Chen YY. Differential binding of human blood group Sd(a+) and Sd(a-) Tamm-Horsfall glycoproteins with Dolichos biflorus and Vicia villosa-B4 agglutinins. FEBS Lett 1998; 429:323-6. [PMID: 9662441 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(98)00617-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The binding patterns of human blood group Sd(a+) and Sd(a-) Tamm-Horsfall glycoproteins (THGPs) with respect to four GalNAc specific agglutinins were studied by quantitative precipitin assay (QPA) and enzyme linked lectinosorbent assay (ELLSA). Of the native and asialo Sd(a+) and Sd(a-) THGP tested by QPA and ELLSA, only native and asialo Sd(a+) bound well with Dolichos biflorus (DBA) and Vicia villosa-B4 (VVA-B4), while Sd(a-) THGP reacted poorly with these two lectins. Neither Sd(a+) nor Sd(a-) THGPs reacted with two other GalNAc alpha-anomer specific lectins: Codium fragile subspecies tomentosoides and Artocarpus integrifolia. Furthermore, the binding of asialo Sd(a+)THGP-VVA-B4 and native Sd(a+)THGP-DBA through GalNAc beta--> was confirmed by inhibition assay. These results demonstrate that DBA and VVA-B4 are useful reagents to differentiate between Sd(a+) and Sd(a-) THGP.
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- A M Wu
- Glycoimmunochemistry Research Laboratory, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Chang-Gung Medical College, Kwei-san, Tao-yuan, Taiwan
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Wu JH, Song SC, Chen YY, Tsai MC, Kabat EA, Wu AM. Multi-antennary Gal beta1-->4GlcNAc and Gal beta1-->3GalNAc clusters as important ligands for a lectin isolated from the sponge Geodia cydonium. FEBS Lett 1998; 427:134-8. [PMID: 9613614 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(98)00411-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The affinity of a lectin from the sponge Geodia cydonium (GCL-I) for multi-antennary Gal beta1-->4GlcNAc and Gal beta1-->3GalNAc ligands was studied by both the biotin/avidin-based microtiter plate lectin binding assay and the inhibition of lectin-glycoform interaction. Among the glycoforms tested for binding, GCL-I reacted strongly with three multi-antennary Gal beta1-->4GlcNAc clusters containing glycoproteins (asialo human and bovine alpha1-acid gps and asialo fetuin), T (Gal beta1-->3GalNAc) rich glycoprotein from porcine salivary gland, asialo bird nest gp, and human blood group A active cyst gp, while human and bovine alpha1-acid gps, fetuin, and Tn containing gps were inactive. Among the haptens tested for inhibition, tri-antennary Gal beta1-->4GlcNAc (Tri-II) was about 1500, 72, and 72 times more active than GalNAc, Gal beta1-->4GlcNAc (II), and Gal beta1-->3GalNAc (T), respectively. Based on the present and previous results, it is proposed that tri-antennary Gal beta1-->4GlcNAc and Gal beta1-->3GalNAc clusters, in addition to GalNAc alpha1-->3GalNAc and GalNAc alpha1-->3Gal, are also important ligands for binding; and sialic acid of glycoprotein does interfere with binding.
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- J H Wu
- Glyco-Immunochemistry Research Laboratory, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Chang-Gung Medical College, Tao-yuan, Taiwan
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Miller MC, Bastow KF, Stineman CN, Vance JR, Song SC, West DX, Hall IH. The cytotoxicity of 2-formyl and 2-acetyl-(6-picolyl)-4N-substituted thiosemicarbazones and their copper(II) complexes. Arch Pharm (Weinheim) 1998; 331:121-7. [PMID: 9648520 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-4184(199804)331:4<121::aid-ardp121>3.0.co;2-t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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2-Acetyl-(6-picolyl)-4N-substituted thiosemicarbazones and their copper(II) complexes were shown to be potent antineoplastic and cytotoxic agents against murine and human cultured cells. Numerous derivatives were as active against solid tumor growth as clinically useful agents. The agents inhibited L1210 DNA and RNA syntheses with inhibition of key regulatory enzyme activities of the purine pathway as well as nucleoside kinase activities. d[NTP] pools were reduced and DNA strand scission occurred. These agents were DNA topoisomerase II inhibitors with lower IC50 values than that of VP-16. However, they did not cause L1210 DNA protein linked breaks and actually protected against those breaks afforded by VP-16. The agents were not synergistic with VP-16 in reducing cell growth or DNA synthesis although they did reduce growth of L1210 cells in agar suspended media.
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- M C Miller
- Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products, School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599-7360, USA
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Chen CP, Song SC, Gilboa-Garber N, Chang KS, Wu AM. Studies on the binding site of the galactose-specific agglutinin PA-IL from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Glycobiology 1998; 8:7-16. [PMID: 9451010 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/8.1.7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The binding properties of Pseudomonas aeruginosa agglutinin-I (PA-IL) with glycoproteins (gps) and polysaccharides were studied by both the biotin/avidin-mediated microtiter plate lectin-binding assay and the inhibition of agglutinin-glycan interaction with sugar ligands. Among 36 glycans tested for binding, PA-IL reacted best with two glycoproteins containing Galalpha1-->4Gal determinants and a human blood group ABO precursor equivalent gp, but this lectin reacted weakly or not at all with A and H active gps or sialylated gps. Among the mammalian disaccharides tested by the inhibition assay, the human blood group Pkactive Galalpha1-->4Gal, was the best. It was 7.4-fold less active than melibiose (Galalpha1-->6Glc). PA-IL has a preference for the alpha-anomer in decreasing order as follows: Galalpha1-->6 >Galalpha1-->4 >Galalpha1-->3. Of the monosaccharides studied, the phenylbeta derivatives of Gal were much better inhibitors than the methylbeta derivative, while only an insignificant difference was found between the Galalpha anomer of methyl- and p -NO2-phenyl derivatives. From these results, it can be concluded that the combining size of the agglutinin is as large as a disaccharide of the alpha-anomer of Gal at nonreducing end and most complementary to Galalpha1-->6Glc. As for the combining site of PA-IL toward the beta-anomer, the size is assumed to be less than that of Gal; carbon-6 in the pyranose form is essential, and hydrophobic interaction is important for binding.
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- C P Chen
- Glyco-immunochemistry Research Laboratory, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, Chang-Gung Medical College, Kwei-san, Tao-yuan, 333, Taiwan
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Wu AM, Song SC, Chang SC, Wu JH, Chang KS, Kabat EA. Further characterization of the binding properties of a GalNAc specific lectin from Codium fragile subspecies tomentosoides. Glycobiology 1997; 7:1061-6. [PMID: 9455906 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/7.8.1061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Previous study on the binding properties of a lectin isolated from Codium fragile subspecies tomentosoides (CFT) indicates that this lectin recognizes the GalNAc alpha1--> sequence at both reducing and nonreducing ends. In this study, the carbohydrate specificity of CFT was further characterized by quantitative precipitin (QPA) and inhibition of lectin-enzyme binding assays. Of the glycoforms tested for QPA, all asialo-GalNAc alpha1--> containing glycoproteins reacted well with the lectin. Asialo hamster and ovine submandibular glycoproteins, which contain almost exclusively Tn (GalNAc alpha1-->Ser/Thr) residues as carbohydrate side chains, and Streptococcus type C polysaccharide completely precipitated the lectin added, while the GalNAc beta1-->containing Tamm-Horsfall Sd(a+) glycoprotein and its asialo product were inactive. Among the oligosaccharides tested for inhibiting lectin-glycoprotein interaction, GalNAc alpha1-->3GalNAc beta1-->3Gal alpha1-->4Gal beta1--> 4Glc(Fp) and Gal beta1-->3GalNAc alpha1-->benzyl (T alpha) were the best, and about 125-fold more active than GalNAc. They were about 3.3, 6.6, and 43 times more active than Tn containing glycopeptides, GalNAc alpha1-->3(LFuc alpha1--> 2)Gal(Ah) and Gal beta1-->3GalNAc(T), respectively. From the present and previous results, it is concluded that the combining site of CFT is probably of a groove type that recognizes from GalNAc alpha1--> to pentasaccharide(Fp). The carbohydrate specificity of this lectin can be constructed and summarized in decreasing order by lectin determinants as follows: Fp and T alpha > Tn cluster > Ah >> I/II.
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- A M Wu
- Glyco-Immunochemistry Research Lab., Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Tao-yuan, Taiwan
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Liu F, Song SC, Mix D, Baudys M, Kim SW. Glucose-induced release of glycosylpoly(ethylene glycol) insulin bound to a soluble conjugate of concanavalin A. Bioconjug Chem 1997; 8:664-72. [PMID: 9327129 DOI: 10.1021/bc970128e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Treatment of diabetes mellitus by insulin injections provides long-term control of the disease but lacks any feedback response to glucose concentration changes, which finally leads to a number of life-threatening conditions. The purpose of this study was to improve and optimize an implantable, concanavalin A (Con A) based, glucose-responsive insulin delivery system studied earlier [Jeong, S. Y., Kim, S. W., Holmberg, D. L., and McRea, J. C. (1985) J. Controlled Release 2, 143-152], which can be used for long-term diabetes treatment. To optimize the "insulin component" of the delivery system, we prepared PheB1 insulin amino group monosubstituted monoglucosylpoly(ethylene glycol) (G-PEG) insulin conjugates (PEG M(r) 600 or 2000), which showed preserved bioactivity, significantly improved solubility and solution stability at neutral pH, and substantially suppressed hexamerization/dimerization. To improve the delivery system further, we synthesized and characterized a conjugate of Con A and monomethoxypoly(ethylene glycol) (mPEG, M(r) 5000) grafted hydrophilic poly(vinylpyrrolidone-co-acrylic acid) (PVPAA) with M(r) of 250,000. The optimal conjugate contained around eight PEG chains and two to three Con A tetramers attached through the amide bonds to the PVPAA chain. The Con A sugar binding characteristics were preserved, and, more importantly, Con A solubility at pH 7.4 substantially increased. This also holds true for a complex formed by the Con A conjugate and G-PEG insulin, which is soluble and does not precipitate under the physiologically relevant conditions under which the complex formed by the Con A conjugate and glycosyl insulin immediately precipitates. Finally, no leakage of the Con A conjugate from a membrane device was detected. Preliminary in vitro release experiments with Con A conjugate and G-PEG insulin complex enclosed in the membrane device showed a pulsative, reversible release pattern for G-PEG insulin in response to glucose challenges of 50-500 mg/dL, demonstrating the feasibility of the release system for use in planned, chronic in vivo studies with diabetic (pancreatectomized) dogs.
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- F Liu
- Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry/Center for Controlled Chemical Delivery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City 84112, USA
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Wu AM, Song SC, Sugii S, Herp A. Differential binding properties of Gal/GalNAc specific lectins available for characterization of glycoreceptors. Indian J Biochem Biophys 1997; 34:61-71. [PMID: 9343930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Differentiating the binding properties of applied lectins should facilitate the selection of lectins for characterization of glycoreceptors on the cell surface. Based on the binding specificities studied by inhibition assays of lectin-glycan interactions, over twenty Gal and/or GalNAc specific lectins have been divided into eight groups according to their specificity for structural units (lectin determinants), which are the disaccharide as all or part of the determinants and of GalNAc alpha 1-->Ser (Thr) of the peptide chain. A scheme of codes for lectin determinants is illustrated as follows: (1) F (GalNAc alpha 1-->3GalNAc), Forssman specific disaccharide--Dolichos biflorus (DBL), Helix pomatia (HPL) and Wistaria floribunda (WFL) lectins. (2) A (GalNAc alpha 1-->3 Gal), blood group A specific disaccharide--Codium fragile subspecies tomentosoides (CFT), Soy bean (SBL), Vicia villosa-A4 (VVL-A4), and Wistaria floribunda (WFL) lectins. (3) Tn (GalNAc alpha 1-->Ser (Thr) of the protein core)--Vicia villosa B4 (VVL-B4), Salvia sclarea (SSL), Maclura pomifera (MPL), Bauhinia purpurea alba (BPL) and Artocarpus integrifolia (Jacalin, AIL). (4) T (Gal beta 1-->3GalNAc), the mucin type sugar sequences on the human erythrocyte membrane(T alpha), T antigen or the disaccharides at the terminal nonreducing end of gangliosides (T beta)--Peanut (PNA), Bauhinia purpurea alba (BPL), Maclura pomifera (MPL), Sophora japonica (SJL), Artocarpus lakoocha (Artocarpin) lectins and Abrus precatorius agglutinin (APA).(5) I and II (Gal beta 1-->3(4)GlcNAc)--the disaccharide residue at the nonreducing end of the carbohydrate chains derived from either N- or O-glycosidic linkage--Ricinus communis agglutinin (RCA1), Datura stramonium (TAL, Thorn apple), Erythrina cristagalli (ECL, Coral tree), and Geodia cydonium (GCL). (6) B (Gal alpha 1-->3Gal), human blood group B specific disaccharide--Griffonia(Banderiaea) simplicifolia B4 (GSI-B4). (7) E (Gal alpha 1-->4Gal), receptors for pathogenic E. coli agglutinin, Shiga toxin and Mistletoe toxic lectin-I (ML-I) and abrin-a.
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- A M Wu
- Glyco-immunochemistry Lab, Chang-Gung Medical College, Kwei-san, Tao-yuan, Taiwan
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Hahm JS, Park JY, Song SC, Cho YJ, Moon KH, Song YH, Lee OY, Choi HS, Yoon BC, Lee MH, Kee CS, Park KN. Gallbladder motility change in late pregnancy and after delivery. Korean J Intern Med 1997; 12:16-20. [PMID: 9159032 PMCID: PMC4531973 DOI: 10.3904/kjim.1997.12.1.16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES The incidence of gallstone disease has increased recently in Korea and there seems to be an increased prevalence of gallstones when in association with pregnancy. Although the pathogenesis is incompletely defined, and altered motility of the gallbladder may contribute to the increased risk of gallstones during pregnancy. METHODS We measured gallbladder volume using real-time ultrasonography to find out the mechanism for the changes of gallbladder motility during late pregnancy. Eighteen pregnant women took the gallbladder ultrasonography during their last trimester of pregnancy and after delivery; gallbladder volume and ejection fraction were calculated in each patient. RESULTS Fasting gallbladder volumes increased significantly in the last trimester of pregnancy (25.28 +/- 14.26ml) compared with postpartum (17.44 +/- 5.82 ml) (p < 0.05). Gallbladder volumes measured after fatty meals showed more increment in pregnant women (10.13 +/- 7.19 ml) than in those after delivery (4.34 +/- 3.36 ml) (p < 0.005). A significantly reduced gallbladder ejection fraction was found in the pregnant group (60.56 +/- 18.80%) compared with those after delivery (77.48 +/- 13.37%) (p < 0.005). CONCLUSION Gallbladder motility in late pregnancy shows significant impairment compared with that in postpartum. Thus, we suggest that gallbladder hypomotility may occur during late pregnancy, and this impairment of gallbladder motility may play an important role in gallstone formation.
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- J S Hahm
- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul Korea
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Wu AM, Wu JH, Song SC, Kabat EA. Bandeiraea (Griffonia) simplicifolia lectin-I, isolectin A4, reacting with Tn (Ga1NAc alpha1 --> Ser/Thr) or galabiose (Ga1 alpha1 --> 4Ga1) containing ligands. FEBS Lett 1996; 398:183-6. [PMID: 8977103 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(96)01227-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Bandeiraea (Griffonia) simplicifolia lectin-I, isolectin A4(GS I-A4) reacting with the Tn(GalNAc alpha1 --> Ser/Thr) sequence or human blood group Pk active disaccharide (E, Gal alpha1 --> 4Gal, galabiose) was studied by quantitative precipitin (QPA) and precipitin-inhibition assays. When human blood group P1 or Tn active glycoproteins were tested by QPA, GS I-A4 reacted strongly with both the Tn active glycoproteins purified from asialo porcine, ovine and armadillo submandibular glands and a P1 active glycoprotein isolated from sheep hydatid fluid. They precipitated over 80% of the lectin nitrogen added. The asialo porcine salivary glycoprotein-GS I-A4 interaction was inhibited by both Tn containing glycopeptides and Gal alpha1 --> 4Gal indicating that GS I-A4 not only reacts with human blood group A(GalNAc alpha1 --> 3Gal) and B(Gal alpha1 --> 3Gal) active disaccharides, but also recognizes the Tn sequence and the E(Gal alpha1 --> 4-Gal) ligand. From these results, the carbohydrate specificity of GS I-A4 can be defined as A, Tn > or = B and E.
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- A M Wu
- Glyco-Immunochemistry Research Laboratory, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Chang-Gung Medical College, Kwei-san, Tao-yuan, Taiwan
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Unlike the human blood group Sd(a+) Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein (THGP), the Sd(a-) one lacks terminal GalNAcbeta1--> residues at the nonreducing ends. The binding properties of this glycoprotein and its asialo product with lectins were characterized by quantitative precipitin (QPA) and precipitin inhibition assays. Among 20 lectins tested by QPA, both native and asialo Sd(a-) THGP reacted best with Abrus precatorius and Ricinus communis and completely precipitated the lectin added. They also precipitated well Wistaria floribunda (WFA), Glycine max (SBA), Bauhinia purpurea alba, abrin-a and ricin, all of which recognize the Galbeta1--> 4GlcNAcbeta1--> sequence, although at different strength. The lectin-glycan interactions were inhibited by Galbeta1--> 4GlcNAc and Galbeta1--> 4Glc. When the precipitability of Sd(a-) THGP was compared with that of the Sd(a+) phenotype, the native Sd(a-) THGP exhibited a 40% lesser affinity for WFA, SBA, WGA and mistletoe lectin-I (ML-I). Mapping the precipitation and inhibition profiles of the present study and the results of THGP Sd(a+), it is concluded that Sd(a-) THGP showed a strongly diminished affinity for GalNAcbeta1--> active lectins (SBA and WFA) than the Sd(a+) phenotype.
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- J H Wu
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Chang-Gung, Medical College, Kwei-san, Tao-yuan, Taiwan
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Wu AM, Song SC, Wu JH, Kabat EA. Affinity of Bandeiraea (Griffonia) simplicifolia lectin-I, isolectin B4 for Gal alpha 1-->4 Gal ligand. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1995; 216:814-20. [PMID: 7488198 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1995.2694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The affinity of Bandeiraea (Griffonia) simplicifolia lectin-I isolectin B4 (BSI-B4) for the isomer of human blood group B active disaccharide (B, Gal alpha 1-->3Gal), the Gal alpha 1-->4Gal galabiose ligand, was studied by quantitative precipitin (QPA) and precipitin-inhibition assays. When human blood group B, P1 and H active glycoproteins were tested by OPA. BSI-B4 reacted strongly with both the B active glycoprotein purified from human ovarian cyst fluid and a P1 active glycoprotein isolated from sheep hydatid fluid and precipitated over 86% of the lectin nitrogen added. The P1 active glycoprotein-BSI-B4 interaction was inhibited by both Gal alpha 1-->3Gal alpha 1-->methyl and Gal alpha 1-->4Gal disaccharide indicating that BSI-B4 is not only reacting with Gal alpha 1-->3Gal disaccharide, but also recognizing Gal alpha 1-->4Gal. The galabiose sequence is frequently found in the carbohydrate chains of many glycosphingolipids located at the mammalian cell membranes such as intestinal and red blood cell membranes, for E. coli ligand binding and toxin attachment.
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- A M Wu
- Glyco-Immunochemistry Research Laboratory, Chang-Gung Medical College, Tao-yuan, Taiwan
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The binding properties of the rat sublingual glycoprotein (RSL) and its asialo product with lectins were characterized by quantitative precipitin(QPA) and precipitin inhibition(QPIA) assays. Among twenty lectins tested for QPA, native RSL reacted well only with Artocarpus integrifolia (jacalin), but weakly or not at all with the other lectins. However, its asialo product (asialo-RSL) reacted strongly with many Gal and GalNAc specific lectins-it bound best to three of the GalNAc alpha 1-->Ser/Thr (Tn) and/or Gal beta 1-->4GlcNAc (II) active lectins [jacalin, Wistaria floribunda and Ricinus communis agglutinins] and completely precipitated each of these three lectins. Asialo-RSL also reacted well with Abrus precatorius, Glycine max, Bauhinia purpurea alba, and Maclura pomifera agglutinins, and abrin-a, but not with Arachis hypogeae and Dolichos biflorus agglutinins. The interaction between asialo-RSL and lectins were inhibited by either Gal beta 1-->4GlcNAc, p-NO2-phenyl alpha-GalNAc or both. The mapping of the precipitation and inhibition profiles leads to the conclusion that the asialo rat sublingual glycoprotein provides important ligands for II (Gal beta 1-->4GlcNAc beta 1-->) and Tn (GalNAc alpha 1-->Ser/Thr) active lectins.
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- A M Wu
- Glyco-Immunochemistry Research Lab., Chang-Gung Medical College, Kwei-san, Tao-yuan, Taiwan
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Wu AM, Song SC, Hwang PY, Wu JH, Chang KS. Binding studies on the combining site of a GalNAc alpha 1-->-specific lectin with Thomsen-Friedenreich activity prepared from green marine algae Codium fragile subspecies tomentosoides. Eur J Biochem 1995; 233:145-51. [PMID: 7588738 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1995.145_1.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The combining site of a GalNAc alpha 1-->-specific lectin (CFT) with Thomsen-Friedenreich (T, Gal beta 1-->3-GalNAc alpha 1-->Ser/Thr) activity, purified from the subspecies tomentosoides of green marine algae Codium fragile was studied by quantitative precipitin and precipitin-inhibition assays. Of 27 glycoforms tested, Tn (GalNAc alpha 1-->Ser/Thr) glycoprotein from armadillo submandibular glands, and asialo porcine submandibular glycoprotein, which contains T, Tn and GalNAc alpha 1-->3Gal(A) sequences, completely precipitated the lectin added, and less than 1 microgram glycoprotein was required to precipitate 50% 4.7 micrograms lectin nitrogen. However, CFT precipitated negligibly with Pneumococcus type-XIV polysaccharide and asialo human alpha 1-acid glycoprotein, that contain exclusively the human blood-type-II precursor sequence (II, Gal beta 1-->4GlcNAc) at the nonreducing ends. Among the sugar inhibitors tested, the human blood A-active trisaccharide [Ah, GalNAc alpha 1-->3 (LFuc alpha 1-->2)Gal] was the best inhibitor; it was about twice as active as the T disaccharide. Oligosaccharides without GalNAc alpha 1--> as part of their sequences were inactive, indicating that the acetamido group at C2 of galactose is essential for binding and that GalNAc is the main contributor in the T sequence for binding. From the data provided, it is clear that the combining site of CFT requires an alpha-anomer of GalNAc and recognizes Ah, internal GalNAc alpha 1--> of T and Tn determinants of glycans, but not the blood group I/II (Gal beta 1-->3/4GlcNAc) sequences. Consequently, CFT is a useful reagent for detecting GalNAc alpha 1-->-containing glycoconjugates.
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- A M Wu
- Glyco-Immunochemistry Research Lab., Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Chang-Gung Medical College Tao-yuan, Taiwan
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The binding properties of mistletoe toxic lectin-I (ML-I) with sialo-N- and O-glycans were investigated by quantitative precipitin and precipitin inhibition assays. Human alpha 1-acid glycoprotein reacted strongly with ML-I, precipitating over 82% of the lectin nitrogen tested, while the precipitability of its asialo product decreased by 30%. Native fetuin precipitated 50% of the ML-I added, and its reactivity was reduced by 20% after desialylation. On the contrary, the poor reactivity of rat sublingual sialoglycoprotein with ML-I increased substantially after removal of sialic acid and completely precipitated the lectin added. The glycoprotein-lectin interactions were inhibited by NeuAc alpha 2-->3/alpha 2-->6Gal beta 1-->4Glc and/or Gal beta 1-->4Glc (NAc) residues. From the above results, it is concluded that ML-I is specific for sialic acid. However, sialic acid of some O-glycans also acts as masking molecule as the precipitability of rat sublingual and bovine submandibular glycoproteins with ML-I increased after desialylation.
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- A M Wu
- Glyco-immunochemistry Research Laboratory, Chang-Gung Medical College, Kwei-san, Tao-yuan, Taiwan
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Wu AM, Watkins WM, Chen CP, Song SC, Chow LP, Lin JY. Native and/or asialo-Tamm-Horsfall glycoproteins Sd(a+) are important receptors for Triticum vulgaris (wheat germ) agglutinin and for three toxic lectins (abrin-a, ricin and mistletoe toxic lectin-I). FEBS Lett 1995; 371:32-4. [PMID: 7664879 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(95)00862-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The binding properties of human Tamm-Horsfall Sd(a+) urinary glycoprotein (THGP) and asialo-THGP with Triticum vulgaris agglutinin(WGA) and three toxic lectins (abrin-a, ricin, and Mistletoe toxic lectin-I) were investigated by quantitative precipitin and precipitin inhibition assays. Both glycoproteins reacted strongly with abrin-a, precipitating over 80% of the lectin nitrogen tested. THGP also bound well to mistletoe toxic lectin-I and precipitated 86% of this lectin added, while the precipitability of its asialo product decreased by 28%. The native glycoprotein completely precipitated the WGA added, but its reactivity was reduced dramatically after desialylation. On the contrary, the poor reactivity of THGP with ricin increased substantially after removal of sialic acid and completely precipitated the lectin added. The glycoprotein-lectin interactions were inhibited by one or several of the following haptens, p-NO2-phenyl alpha GalNAc, p-NO2-phenyl beta GalNAc, Gal beta 1-->4GlcNAc, Gal beta 1-->4Glc, GlcNac beta 1-->4GlcNAc and/or GlcNAc. From the above results, it is concluded that native and/or Tamm-Horsfall glycoproteins serve as important receptors for these three toxic lectins and for WGA.
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- A M Wu
- Glyco-immunochemistry Research Laboratory, Chang-Gung Medical College, Kwei-san, Tao-yuan, Taiwan
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Wu AM, Watkins WM, Song SC, Herp A, Wu JH. Native and asialo-Tamm-Horsfall glycoproteins as important ligands for the detection of GalNAc beta 1-->and Gal beta 1-->4GlcNAc active lectins. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1995; 209:103-10. [PMID: 7726822 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1995.1476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The binding properties of human Tamm-Horsfall Sd(a+) urinary glycoprotein(THGP) and asialo-THGP with various applied lectins was investigated by quantitative precipitin and precipitin inhibition assays. Both glycoproteins completely precipitated Abrus precatorius agglutinin(APA). They also reacted well with Wistaria floribunda (WFA), Glycine max (soybean, SBA), and Ricinus communis agglutinins and precipitated over 78% of the lectin nitrogen added, but reacted poorly or weakly with all alpha-anomeric GalNAc specific lectins, such as Helix pomatia (HPA), Phaseolus lunatus (lima bean, LBL), and Maclura pomifera (MPL) lectins. The glycoprotein-lectin interaction was inhibited by GalNAc beta 1-->, Gal beta 1-->4GlcNAc, or by both. The findings suggest that Sd (a+) THGP and asialo-THGP are among the best water-soluble glycoprotein ligands for GalNAc beta 1-->and Gal beta 1-->4GlcNAc active lectins.
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- A M Wu
- Glyco-immunochemistry Research Laboratory, Chang-Gung Medical College, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Wu AM, Shen F, Herp A, Song SC, Wu JH. Fraction A of armadillo submandibular glycoprotein and its desialylated product as sialyl-Tn and Tn receptors for lectins. FEBS Lett 1995; 360:211-5. [PMID: 7875333 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(95)00106-j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Fraction A of the armadillo submandibular glycoprotein (ASG-A) is one of the simplest glycoproteins among mammalian salivary mucins. The carbohydrate side chains of this mucous glycoprotein have one-third of the NeuAc alpha 2-->6GalNAc (sialyl-Tn) sequence and two thirds of Tn (GalNAc alpha-->Ser/Thr) residues. Those of the desialylated product (ASG-Tn) are almost exclusively unsubstituted GalNAc residues (Tn determinant). When the binding properties of these glycoproteins were tested by a precipitin assay with Gal, GalNAc and GlcNAc specific lectins, it was found that ASG-Tn reacted strongly with all of the Tn-active lectins and completely precipitated Vicia villosa (VVL both B4 and mixture of A and B), Maclura pomifera (MPA), and Artocarpus integrifolia (jacalin) lectins. However, it precipitated poorly or negligibly with Ricinus communis (RCA1); Dolichos biflorus (DBA); Viscum album, ML-I; Arachis hypogaea (PNA), and Triticum vulgaris (WGA). The reactivity of ASG-A (sialyl-Tn) was as active as that of ASG-Tn with MPA and less or slightly less active than that of ASG-Tn with VVL-A+B, VVL-B4, HPA, WFA, and jacalin, as one-third of its Tn was sialylated. These findings indicate that ASG-A and its desialylated product (ASG-Tn) are highly useful reagents for the differentiation of Tn, T (Gal beta 1-->3GalNAc), A (GalNAc alpha 1-->3Gal) or Gal specific lectins and monoclonal antibodies against such epitopes.
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- A M Wu
- Glyco-Immunochemistry Research Laboratory, Chang-Gung Medical College, Tao-yuan, Taiwan
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Wu AM, Song SC, Wu JH, Pfüller U, Chow LP, Lin JY. A sheep hydatid cyst glycoprotein as receptors for three toxic lectins, as well as Abrus precatorius and Ricinus communis agglutinins. Biochim Biophys Acta 1995; 1243:124-8. [PMID: 7827100 DOI: 10.1016/0304-4165(94)00132-h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
Abstract
The binding properties of a glycoprotein with blood group P1 specificity isolated from sheep hydatid cyst fluid with Gal and GalNAc specific lectins was investigated by quantitative precipitin and precipitin inhibition assays. The glycoprotein completely precipitated Ricinus communis agglutinin (RCA1), Abrus precatorius agglutinin (APA) and Mistletoe toxic lectin-I (ML-I). Only 1.0 microgram of P1 glycoprotein was required to precipitate 50% of 5.1 micrograms ML-I nitrogen. It also reacted well with abrin-a and ricin, precipitating over 73% of the lectin nitrogen added, but poorly or weakly with Dolichos biflorus (DBL), Vicia villosa (VVL, a mixture of A4, A2B2 and B4), VVL-B4, Arachis hypogaea (PNA), Maclura pomifera (MPL), Bauchinia purpurea alba (BPL) and Wistaria floribunda (WFL) lectins. When an inhibition assay in the range of 5.1 micrograms N to 5.9 micrograms N of lectins (ML-I, abrin-a; ricin, RCA1, and APA, and 10 micrograms P1 active glycoprotein interaction was performed; from 76 to 100% of the precipitations were inhibited by 0.44 and 0.52 mumol of Gal alpha 1-->4Gal and Gal beta 1-->4GlcNAc, respectively, but not or insignificantly with 1.72 mumol of GlcNAc. The Gal alpha 1-->4Gal disaccharide found in this P1 active glycoprotein is a frequently occurring sequence of many glycosphingolipids located at the surface of mammalian cell membranes, especially human erythrocytes and intestinal cells for ligand binding and microbial toxin attachment. The present finding suggests that the Gal alpha 1-->4Gal beta 1-->4GlcNAc sequence in this P1 active glycoprotein is one of the best glycoprotein receptors for three toxic lectins (ricin, abrin-a, and ML-I) as well as for APA, and RCA1, and the result of inhibition assay implies that these lectins are recognizing part or all of the Gal alpha 1-->4Gal beta 1-->4GlcNAc sequence in the P1 active glycoprotein.
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- A M Wu
- Glyco-Immunochemistry Research Laboratory, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Kwei-san, Taiwan
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Song SC, Zhuang YY. [Direct cardiac massage in the treatment of heart arrest in postoperative period of open-heart surgery]. Zhonghua Hu Li Za Zhi 1993; 28:596-8. [PMID: 8111881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The synthetic (1-->6)-alpha-D-glucopyranan with branching and without branching were tested as a new hypoglycaemic drug. (1-->6)-alpha-D-glucopyranan having an alpha-D-glucopyranosyl branch at the C-3 position (1) showed a remarkable hypoglycaemic activity on i.p. injection to mice. The polysaccharide having both alpha- and beta-glucopyranosyl branches (2) also lowered the blood sugar (glucose) level in mice. On the other hand, the synthetic linear (1-->6)-alpha-D-glucopyranan (3) and alpha-D-glucopyranosyl branched polysaccharide (4) did not have a hypoglycaemic function, indicating that the branching glucose units are essential for the biological activity.
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- K Hatanaka
- Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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Liu JG, Song SC, Liu XF, Liu DY. [An applied research on red ginseng rhizome]. Zhong Yao Tong Bao 1988; 13:44-6, 64. [PMID: 3396129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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