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High-performance liquid chromatography of monosaccharides and oligosaccharides in a complex biological matrix.

Analysis of oligosaccharides in complex biological matrices is hampered by the fact that oligosaccharides, closely related in structure, are difficult to separate from each other and that conventional detection procedures (refraction index and uv detection) are not specific enough for carbohydrates. Prepurification of samples by procedures like desalting or gel filtration is often used but can lead to the loss of specific oligosaccharides. We have used pellicular anion chromatography in combination with a postcolumn reaction for reducing carbohydrates based on 4-aminobenzoylhydrazide. This procedure not only detected normal mono- and oligosaccharides but N-acetylhexosamines and reducing N-acetylhexosamine containing oligosaccharides as well. A sensitivity of about 20-25 pmol for non-GlcNAc containing mono- or oligosaccharides and between 30-50 pmol for GlcNAc or oligosaccharides with GlcNAc at the reducing side was reached. The postcolumn detection was compared with pulsed amperometric detection and appeared to be more specific for mono- and oligosaccharides. Except for deproteination to protect the column, no further sample preparation was needed with this system for our application (urines). In this way pellicular anion chromatography in combination with this postcolumn reaction reaction to be a sensitive and specific HPLC procedure for analysis of monosaccharides and oligosaccharides in complex biological matrices.

Aniline Compounds↗

Monosaccharide determination of glycoconjugates by reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography of their phenylthiocarbamyl derivatives.

A method for the determination of neutral sugars and hexosamines present in glycoconjugates by reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) of their phenylthiocarbamyl (PTC) derivatives has been developed. After acid hydrolysis, neutral sugars are converted to glycamines by reaction with ammonium acetate in the presence of sodium cyanoborohydride and are subsequently derivatized with phenylisothiocyanate, while the hexosamines present in the same hydrolysate, after separation on Dowex 50, are treated directly with this reagent. HPLC of the PTC-glycamines of the neutral sugars is performed on Microsorb C18 in an isocratic manner while chromatography of the PTC-hexosamines employs a Pico-Tag column with gradient elution to achieve separation from the PTC-amino acids. The procedure has proven to be highly sensitive, requiring as little as picomole amounts for the chromatographic step; monosaccharide compositions determined on glycoproteins and glycopeptides by this method were found to compare favorably to those previously obtained by other techniques.

Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid↗

Purification of the cytochalasin B binding component of the human erythrocyte monosaccharide transport system.

The cytochalasin B binding component of the human erythrocyte monosaccharide transport system has been purified. The preparation appears to contain one major protein with an apparent polypeptide chain molecular weight of 55,000 and about 0.4 binding sites per chain. Cytochalasin B binds to the reconstituted preparation with a dissociation constant of 1.3.10(-7) M, a value which is similar to that reported for the transport system in the intact erythrocyte.

Biological Transport↗

Hydration of N-palmitoylgalactosylsphingosine compared to monosaccharide hydration.

Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) studies of the ice-water transition of N-palmitoylgalactosylsphingosine (NPGS) (cerebroside)/water mixtures indicate 4 +/- 1 non-freezable water molecules per molecule NPGS. This hydration level, representing strongly bound water, is identical to that observed previously for human glucocerebroside (Bach, D., Sela, B. and Miller, I.R. (1982) Chem. Phys. Lipids 31, 381). Comparison of gluco- and galacto-cerebroside hydration with hydration measurements on simple monosaccharides suggests a favored orientation of the glycosyl polar group at the cerebroside-water interface.

Animals↗

Relationship between the content of [14C]glucose-derived monosaccharides in glycoprotein oligosaccharide chains and the state of enterocytic differentiation of HT-29 cells.

The HT-29 cell line derived from a human colon adenocarcinoma has a glucose-dependent state of differentiation which is negatively correlated with the presence of D-glucose in the culture medium. The contribution of glucose to the biosynthesis of N-glycan chains, as a function of the differentiation state of HT-29 cells, was shown by: (a) [14C]glucose incorporation by undifferentiated HT-29 cells being lower after 2 h and higher after 19 h of metabolic labeling than that by differentiated cells; (b) a lack of glucose in the culture medium of undifferentiated HT-29 cells diminishing [14C]glucose incorporation into glycan chains, but not changing the glucose distribution between lipid- and protein-linked saccharides; (c) glucose behavior in undifferentiated HT-29 cells being not related to mannose-glycan metabolism, as the high-mannose compounds labeled with glucose and observed by HPLC showing a different distribution associated with the duration of glucose labeling; and (d) glucose being interconverted into other monosaccharide-glycan constituents in proportions different in differentiated and undifferentiated cell populations.

Carbon Radioisotopes↗

Characterization of IL-2-dependent cytotoxic T-cell clones. III. Inhibition of killing activity by monosaccharides.

The effects of monosaccharides on the cytotoxic activity of cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) and three cloned long-term cytotoxic T-lymphocyte lines (CTLL) are compared. Uncultured CTL and clones CTLL-A2 and CTLL-A11 were derived from the peritoneal cavity of C57BL/6 mice immunized against the H-2Dd determinants on the BALB/c sarcoma Meth A. Clone CTLL-R5 was derived from spleen of (BALB/c X C57BL)F1 mice immunized against a unique determinant on the BALB/c radiation-induced leukemia RL male 1. The cell-surface phenotype of the clones is Lyt-1+,2+,3+. Cytotoxic activity of CTLL-A2 and CTLL-R5 as determined by a 4-hr 51Cr-release assay was inhibited over 50% by 1 mM 2-deoxy-D-glucose. CTLL-A11 and the uncultured cytotoxic T cells were more resistant to inhibition by 2DG (40% at 20 mM). Surprisingly, it was found that the addition of D-mannose, D-galactose, D-glucose, L-fucose, alpha-methyl-D-mannose, and N-acetyl-D-glucosamine also inhibited, in a dose-related manner, the cytotoxicity of CTLL-A2 and CTLL-A11. CTLL-R5 showed a more restricted inhibition pattern: only D-mannose and D-galactose were inhibitory. The mechanism of inhibition remains to be clarified.

Animals↗

A novel HPLC method for the simultaneous quantification of monosaccharides and disaccharides used in tests of intestinal function and permeability.

The quantification of monosaccharides and disaccharides used as probes in intestinal function and permeability tests can be technically demanding, detracting from the value of this approach to the indirect assessment of intestinal damage. In this study, a procedure is described for the simultaneous quantification of rhamnose, lactulose, 3-O-methyl-D-glucose and xylose in urine by HPLC using an anion exchange column with pulsed amperometric detection. This method is relatively fast and simple to perform, requiring no pre-treatment of urine samples or post-column derivatization. Accuracy and precision of determinations are illustrated by analytical recoveries (mean percentage +/- S.D., CV., n = 30) for multiple batch analyses of a diluted urine sample containing 20 mg/l of rhamnose (100 +/- 6.8, 6.2%), lactulose (100 +/- 6.1, 5.5%), 3-O-methyl-D-glucose (98 +/- 5.9, 5.5%) and xylose (104 +/- 7.1, 6.5%). Linearity of standard curves indicated that the lower limit for accurate quantification was 0.1 mg/l for all four sugars. Urinary recoveries following oral administration of these sugars to control dogs were determined as a baseline for the investigation of intestinal damage in this species and comparison of chromatograms illustrated enhanced permeability in dogs with gluten-sensitive enteropathy.

3-O-Methylglucose↗

Monosaccharide composition of haptoglobin in liver diseases and alcohol abuse: large changes in glycosylation associated with alcoholic liver disease.

Liver damage through prolonged intake of high amounts of alcohol is a serious problem that affects many members of the population. The aim of this study was to investigate changes in the glycosylation of haptoglobin (Hp) resulting from alcoholic liver diseases. The monosaccharide composition was measured in Hp isolated from 48 healthy individuals, 15 alcohol abusers (AA); 25 patients with alcoholic liver disease, including those with alcoholic cirrhosis (ALD/AC), and 17 other patients with either chronic active hepatitis (AH) or primary biliary cirrhosis (BC). Fucose was elevated per mol of Hp in 70%, 44%, and 33% of the individuals in the ALD/AC, BC and AA groups, respectively. Fucose was not elevated in the AH group. N-acetylglucosamine was also elevated in the ALD/AC group. Expressing results per 3 mol of mannose suggested the presence of higher branching with increased fucose content in Hp from all the abnormal groups except the AH group. More structural information is required to develop the diagnostic potential of carbohydrate measurements of Hp in alcoholic liver diseases.

Acetylglucosamine↗

Monosaccharides define two immunodominant structures of chicken fetal antigen.

Chicken fetal antigen (CFA) is an oncodevelopmental antigen associated with hematolymphoid development and differentiation. The immunodominant structures of two CFA determinants were characterized by hapten inhibition of microcytotoxicity (HIM) and were found to be defined by specific monosaccharides. CFA determinants 5 and 11 were effectively (greater than 50%) inhibited by D-mannose and D-glucose, respectively. Therefore, these carbohydrate residues, or closely related structures, are proposed as the immunodominant structures for these antigenic determinants. Implications of these results vis à vis the developmental control and biological role of CFA are discussed.

Animals↗

Catalytic properties of rabbit serum esterases hydrolyzing esterified monosaccharides.

Rabbit serum and one enzyme fraction isolated from rabbit serum by column chromatography (Fraction II) were used as catalysts in regioselective hydrolysis of radiolabelled pivaloylated monosaccharides (Piv = Me3CCO). The hydrolysis of 14C-labelled methyl 2-O-pivaloyl-(2-MP)-, 6-O-pivaloyl (6-MP)-, 2,6-di-O-pivaloyl-(2,6-DP) alpha-D- glucopyranosides and methyl 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-3,6- di-O-pivaloyl-(3,6-DPNAc) alpha-D-glucopyranosides, was studied, as well as that of the non-sugar substrates butyrylthiocholine, thiophenylbutyrate, phenylacetate and paraoxon. The specific activities of 2,6-DP, 3,6-DPNAc, butyrylthiocholine and thiophenylbutyrate were higher in Fraction II than in native sera, while those of phenylacetate and paraoxon were lower. Inhibition studies were done using the substrates mentioned and five different inhibitors, namely bis(p-nitrophenyl phosphate) (BNPP), eserine, paraoxon, HgCl2 and EDTA. The hydrolysis of 2,6-DP and 3,6-DPNAc was not inhibited by HgCl2 and only slightly by EDTA. Paraoxon, eserine and BNPP were progressive inhibitors of the hydrolysis of the two sugar substrates, and the pattern of inhibition resembled closely the inhibition of butyrylthiocholine and thiophenylbutyrate hydrolysis. This result applied to both, native serum and Fraction II. It was concluded that esterases in rabbit serum which hydrolyze pivaloylated sugar substrates belong to the category of serine esterases. Kinetic parameters (KM and Vmax), effects of temperature and pH on activity of esterases from Fraction II were also determined for the hydrolysis of sugar substrates.

Animals↗

Isolated cardiac myocytes. A new cellular model for studying insulin modulation of monosaccharide transport.

The usefulness of isolated Ca2+-tolerant myocytes as a cellular model system for investigating modulation of monosaccharide transport by insulin was investigated. We have found that the isolation technique described by Haworth et al. (Haworth, R.A., Hunter, D.R. and Berkoff, H.A. (1980) J. Mol. Cell. Cardiol. 12, 715-724), with some minor modifications, consistently gave the highest yield of quiescent, rod-shaped myocytes which maintained their integrity in the presence of 2 mM calcium. Using 3-0-methylglucose, a non-metabolized sugar, transport was shown to possess saturability, substrate stereospecificity, competition and countertransport; all of which have been thoroughly established for D-glucose transport in other systems. The apparent Km of transport ranged from 2.3 to 3.5 mM. Insulin (10 nM) caused a small but significant increase in Km and a 2-3-fold increase in Vmax. These results suggest that this myocyte preparation will provide a useful model for studying the transport-related effects of insulin as well as current hypotheses regarding the mechanism of insulin modulation of transport at the cellular level.

3-O-Methylglucose↗

Visualization of the relationship between Fischer and Haworth projections of monosaccharides by animation on a microcomputer.

An animation is described to assist in the visualization of the relationship between the Fischer and Haworth projections of monosaccharides. The animation helps the understanding of two quite different, commonly used representations of the same molecule. The animation runs on a 386-based PC with VGA graphics. The method for realizing such an animation on this hardware is described in detail; C code is provided in the Appendix.

Carbohydrate Conformation↗

The beta-anomeric and glucose preferences of glucose transport carrier for intestinal active absorption of monosaccharide conjugates.

The anomeric preference for intestinal absorption of glucosides and galactosides (1- and 2-naphthyl glycosides) was studied by the everted rat intestine method. After the absorption of beta-glucoside and beta- and alpha-galactosides, the glycosides itself appeared on the serosal side, whereas after the alpha-glucoside absorption, the glucoside itself was not detected on the serosal side, but a large amount of aglycone appeared instead. This indicates an alpha-anomeric preference of desglucosylation through the intestinal membrane. A significant decrease of the total (glycoside + aglycone + glucuronide metabolites) amount transported to the serosal side in the absence of Na+, a cosubstrate of the glucose transport carrier (GTC), was observed in alpha- and beta-glucosides and beta-galactoside, but not in alpha-galactoside. This indicates the poor contribution of GTC to the alpha-galactoside absorption. The Na(+)-dependent absorption of the glycosides by the GTC were beta-glucoside > alpha-glucoside > beta-galactoside (for 2-naphthyl glycosides), and beta-galactoside > alpha-galactoside (for 1-naphthhyl glycosides). These results and those of a previous study led to the conclusion that the intestinal glucose transport carrier prefers beta-anomer to alpha-anomer, and glucose to galactose for monosaccharide conjugates absorption.

Animals↗

Purification method for alpha-1-acid glycoprotein with subsequent high-performance liquid chromatographic determination of monosaccharides in plasma of healthy subjects and patients with renal insufficiency.

A simple purification method for human plasma alpha-1-acid glycoprotein (AAG) using an ion-exchange and hydroxyapatite column was developed. The recovery of the method was found to be high. We also improved a determination method for N-acetylneuraminic acid and monosaccharides in the carbohydrate moiety of AAG by using an ion-exchange column and pulse-amperometric detection. By this method, a composition analysis of the carbohydrate moiety of AAG (N-acetylneuraminic acid, fucose, N-acetyl glucosamine, galactose and mannose) was possible with 1.0 ml of plasma. We compared these carbohydrate concentrations in the AAG of patients with renal insufficiency with those of healthy subjects. In the AAG of the patients, the concentrations of N-acetylglucosamine, galactose and mannose were significantly higher than those in the AAG of the healthy subjects.

Acetylglucosamine↗

Liquid chromatographic analysis of monosaccharides with phenylisocyanate derivatization.

Because of the lack of sensitivity in carbohydrate analysis, HPLC pre-column derivatization techniques which give strongly UV absorbing compounds have been reported. These techniques have the disadvantage of leading to several chromatographic peaks from each reducing sugar. To enhance both the sensitivity and the selectivity of such specific separation problems, a simplex procedure was applied to optimize the phenylisocyanate derivatization of monosaccharides: a major and stable derivative was formed under the optimal conditions established. The method was extended to deoxysugars and methylglycosides. The limit of detection was 0.2-1 ng for all sugars tested.

Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid↗

Influence of monosaccharides on the fibrillogenesis of type I collagen.

The in vitro self-assembly of Type I rat tail tendon collagen in the presence of monosaccharides was studied turbidimetrically. D(+)glucose and D(+)mannose delayed fibril formation significantly while D(-)fructose showed no variation. The effect of glucose was concentration dependent. Binding of glucose during fibrillogenesis was shown by the incorporation of [14C]glucose and also by SDS-polyacrylamide slab gel electrophoresis of the product. The results indicate that in vitro nonenzymatic glycosylation can take place in the short duration required for fibril formation.

Animals↗

Complexation of polysaccharide and monosaccharide with thiolate boronic acid capped on silver nanoparticle.

Synthesized thiolate boronic acid was found to complex with both a polysaccharide (dextran) and a monosaccharide (glucose) with similar affinities but displayed more affinity with dextran than with glucose when capped as a ligand on silver nanoparticle. Coupling on multiple sites of dextran, the silver particles were aggregated. The aggregated particles displayed a decrease of absorbance at 397 nm and an increase at 640 nm. Luminescence intensity displayed an upward deviation increase with the concentration of dextran. The luminescence spectral change was ascribed to surface-enhanced fluorescence by the enhanced field from the aggregated metallic particles.

Boronic Acids↗

Analysis of monosaccharides, fatty constituents and rare O-acetylated sialic acids from gonads of the starfish Asterias rubens.

A previous study (Bergwerff et al., Biochimie 74 (1992) 25-37) reported that sialic acids present in Asterias rubens gonads were essentially composed of 8-methyl-N-glycolylneuraminic acid (Neu5Gc8Me), a large part of it being acetylated in position 9. Using GC/MS of heptafluorobutyrate derivatives (Zanetta et al., Glycobiology 11 (2001) 663-676) on the chloroform/methanol soluble and insoluble fractions, we showed that most sialic acids were found in the latter and demonstrated that all sialic acids were derived from N-glycolylneuraminic acid, most of them being 8-methylated, but that the majority were also acetylated in position 4 or 7 (or both positions). GC/MS analyses of the constituents liberated using acid-catalysed methanolysis verified that major glycoprotein-bound glycans were N-linked and of the gluco-oligomannosidic type. Major fatty acids were poly-unsaturated (especially C20:4) and long-chain bases were C22:1 phytosphingosine and C22:2 6-hydroxysphingenine. Major monosaccharides found in the chloroform/methanol extract (quinovose and fucose) were derived from steroidal saponins.

Animals↗